話

Meaning

話 centers on spoken communication: talking and the stories or tales that come from it.

• 話はなし
  N5

  talk; speech; chat; conversation

• 話すはなす
  N5

  to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat

• 電話でんわ
  N5

  telephone call; phone call

• 話題わだい
  N3

  topic; subject

• 会話かいわ
  N4

  conversation; talk; chat

• お話おはなし

  story; tale

• 通話つうわ
  N1

  telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; videoconference call

• 神話しんわ
  N2

  myth; mythology

• 世話せわ
  N4

  care; looking after; help; assistance; aid

• 対話たいわ
  N1

  dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication

• 話し合いはなしあい
  N3

  discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

• 英会話えいかいわ
  N3

  English conversation

• 実話じつわ
  N1

  true story

• 童話どうわ
  N2

  children's story; fairy tale

• 話し方はなしかた

  way of talking; speaking style

• 話しかけるはなしかける
  N3

  to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)

• 談話だんわ
  N1

  talk; conversation; dialogue

• 手話しゅわ
  N2

  sign language

• 話し合うはなしあう
  N3

  to discuss; to talk together

• 昔話むかしばなし
  N1

  old tale; folk tale; legend

• 秘話ひわ

  secret story; unknown episode

• 逸話いつわ

  anecdote; story; episode

• 電話機でんわき

  telephone (device)

• 作り話つくりばなし
  N1

  fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

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