談

Meaning

談 centers on exchanging ideas through speech: discussing a topic or talking with others.

• 相談そうだん
  N4

  consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

• 冗談じょうだん
  N3

  joke; jest; funny story

• 雑談ざつだん
  N1

  chatting; idle talk

• 会談かいだん
  N2

  talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting

• 対談たいだん
  N1

  talk; dialogue; conversation

• 怪談かいだん

  ghost story; tale of the supernatural

• 面談めんだん
  N1

  interview

• 談話だんわ
  N1

  talk; conversation; dialogue

• 懇談こんだん

  friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting

• 余談よだん
  N1

  digression

• 示談じだん

  settlement out of court; private settlement

• 商談しょうだん
  N1

  business discussion; negotiation

• 談合だんごう

  bid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement

• 相談役そうだんやく

  counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor

• 談笑だんしょう

  friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation

• 縁談えんだん
  N1

  marriage proposal; marriage talks

• 講談こうだん

  storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

• 漫談まんだん

  chat; desultory conversation

• 失敗談しっぱいだん

  failure story; horror story

• 歓談かんだん

  pleasant talk; chat

• 座談会ざだんかい
  N1

  symposium; round-table discussion

• 相談所そうだんじょ

  consultation office; information center; bureau; agency

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