雑談する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 雑談する | 雑談しない |
| Polite | 雑談します | 雑談しません |
| Past polite | 雑談しました | 雑談しませんでした |
| Past | 雑談した | 雑談しなかった |
| Te-form | 雑談して | 雑談しないで |
| Desire | 雑談したい | 雑談したくない |
| Potential | 雑談できる | 雑談できない |
| Passive | 雑談される | 雑談されない |
| Causative | 雑談させる | 雑談させない |
| Causative passive | 雑談させられる | 雑談させられない |
| Volitional | 雑談しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 雑談しましょう | |
| Imperative | 雑談しろ | 雑談するな |
| Conditional | 雑談すれば | 雑談しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 雑談したら | 雑談しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
Casual, light conversation without a serious purpose. Often used for friendly chatting or killing time.
I chatted with a colleague before the meeting.
雑談ばかりしていないで仕事をしよう。
Let's stop just chatting and get to work.
I chatted with a coworker during the break.
The chat with my old friend really got going.
We had an animated chat before the meeting started.
We enjoyed chatting with friends at the café.
We exchanged some light small talk in the elevator.
雑談 means idle chit-chat on no particular topic, while 日常会話 covers the practical, everyday exchanges people need for daily life, not just idle talk.
雑談 refers to casual small talk about trivial topics, while 歓談 stresses the warm, congenial feeling of the exchange.
雑談 is casual small talk about anything, while 懇談 usually happens in a specific setting (business, politics) with some purpose behind the friendly tone.