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雑話 (ざつわ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

雑ざつ話わ

ざ

つ

わ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

chitchat; small talk; idle talk

Casual, light conversation about unimportant topics. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (雑話する).

会かい議ぎの前まえに少すこし雑ざつ話わをした。
We had a little chitchat before the meeting.
彼かれとはよく廊ろう下

か

で

雑ざつ

話わ

する

。

I often chat idly with him in the hallway.

Kanji

雑miscellaneous
話tale, talk

Similar words

雑ざつ談だん
雑談 is more common and broadly used for casual conversation. 雑話 is less frequent and may sound slightly more literary or formal.
世せ間けん話ばなし
世間話 specifically refers to small talk about everyday matters or gossip, while 雑話 is a more general term for idle talk.

Etymology

Compound of 雑 (ざつ, 'miscellaneous') and 話 (わ, 'talk'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for 'miscellaneous talk'.