会かい話わ

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会話する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	会かい話わする	会かい話わしない
Polite	会かい話わします	会かい話わしません
Past polite	会かい話わしました	会かい話わしませんでした
Past	会かい話わした	会かい話わしなかった
Te-form	会かい話わして	会かい話わしないで
Desire	会かい話わしたい	会かい話わしたくない
Potential	会かい話わできる	会かい話わできない
Passive	会かい話わされる	会かい話わされない
Causative	会かい話わさせる	会かい話わさせない
Causative passive	会かい話わさせられる	会かい話わさせられない
Volitional	会かい話わしよう
Polite volitional	会かい話わしましょう
Imperative	会かい話わしろ	会かい話わするな
Conditional	会かい話わすれば	会かい話わしなければ
Tara conditional	会かい話わしたら	会かい話わしなかったら

Meanings

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

conversation; talk; chat

General term for spoken exchange between people; can be used as a noun or with する for the act of conversing.

友とも達だちと楽たのしい会かい話わをした。
I had an enjoyable conversation with a friend.
彼かれは初しょ対たい面めんの人ひとと自し然ぜんに会かい話わできる。
He can naturally hold a conversation with someone he's just met.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と会かい話わするto converse with someone
外がい国こく人じんと会かい話わするのが好すきです。
I like conversing with foreigners.
会かい話わが途と切ぎれるfor a conversation to lapse or die out
気きまずくなって会かい話わが途と切ぎれた。
It got awkward and the conversation died out.
会かい話わに加くわわるto join in a conversation
彼かれは途と中ちゅうから会かい話わに加くわわった。
He joined the conversation partway through.
会かい話わを楽たのしむto enjoy a conversation
友とも達だちとの会かい話わを楽たのしんだ。
I enjoyed the conversation with my friend.

Kanji

会meeting, meet, party
話tale, talk

Related words· 17

対たい話わN1
対話 implies a more structured, purposeful dialogue between two parties, while 会話 refers to casual, everyday talk.
談だん話わN1
談話 is a formal term for a speech or statement, whereas 会話 is ordinary spoken conversation between people.
おしゃべりN3
おしゃべり is casual chit-chat or gossiping, often with a playful or idle nuance, while 会話 is the neutral term for any spoken exchange.
チャット
会話 is a general word for spoken or written conversation, while チャット specifically means real-time text conversation online.

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話はなしN5
会話 specifically means an interactive back-and-forth conversation, while 話 can be a one-sided talk, story, or topic.
懇こん話わ
会話 is the neutral, general word for conversation, while 懇話 specifically implies a warm, friendly, or informal chat.
トーク
会話 is the neutral, general word for conversation, while トーク carries a casual, entertainment-oriented nuance (e.g. a host's stage banter).
英えい会かい話わN3
英会話 refers specifically to conversing in English, while 会話 is the general word for conversation in any language.
座ざ談だん
会話 is a general, everyday word for conversation, while 座談 implies a more deliberate, sit-down discussion, often on a set topic.
雑ざつ談だんN1
会話 is the neutral, general word for a conversation, while 雑談 specifically means light, purposeless chatting.
日にち常じょう会かい話わN3
会話 is the general word for "conversation," while 日常会話 specifically means the informal, ordinary kind used in daily life rather than formal or specialized talk.
しゃべり
会話 is the neutral, formal word for a two-way conversation, while 喋り is a casual, colloquial noun that can also refer to one person's manner of talking.
歓かん談だん
会話 is a neutral, general word for conversation, whereas 歓談 specifically implies a friendly, enjoyable atmosphere.
談だん笑しょう
会話 is a neutral, general word for conversation, while 談笑 specifically implies a relaxed, friendly, and pleasant tone.
対たい談だんN1
会話 is ordinary, everyday conversation, whereas 対談 is a formal, structured exchange, often recorded for an audience.
やり取とりN3
会話 specifically means spoken conversation, whereas やり取り is broader and can also cover non-verbal exchanges like letters or gifts.
問もん答どうN2
会話 is the everyday, neutral word for conversation, while 問答 sounds more formal, structured, or even argumentative.

Don't confuse with

会かい合ごうN3
会話 (talking) and 会合 (a meeting or gathering) share the kanji 会 but describe very different things—one is speech, the other an event.
通つう話わN1
会話 means any spoken conversation, face-to-face or otherwise, whereas 通話 means specifically a conversation carried over a phone or app connection.

Word family· 10

英えい会かい話わN3
English conversation · English conversation school
日にち常じょう会かい話わN3
everyday conversation; daily conversation
会かい話わ力りょく
conversational ability; speaking ability
会かい話わ形がた
conversational mode; interactive mode
会かい話わ語ご
colloquialism; vernacular expression

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会かい話わの組くみ
conversation class
会かい話わ表ひょう現げん
conversational expression
会かい話わ型がた処しょ理り
conversational processing
会かい話わ型けい言げん語ご
conversational language
会かい話わコーパス
dialogue corpus; conversation corpus

Etymology

Compound of 会 (meeting) and 話 (talk). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning 'conversation'.