話 - hanashi | eevy Japanese Dictionary

Word Pronunciation

Example Sentences

人ひとの話はなしに水みずを差ささないでくれ。

hitono hanashini mizuo sasanaide kure.

Don't throw a wet blanket over our conversation.

彼かれは不ふ愉快ゆかいな話はなしを２に時間じかんもした。

karewa fuyukaina hanashio nijikammo shita.

He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.

３さん時間じかん議論ぎろんしたが、我々われわれは話はなしがまとまらなかった。

sanjikan giron shitaga warewarewa hanashiga matomaranakatta.

After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.

厳きびしい冬ふゆになるという話はなしです。

kibishii fuyuni naruto iu hanashidesu.

They say we are going to have a severe winter.

私わたくしはアンソニー卿きょうのすばらしい話はなしに夢中むちゅうになっていました。

watashiwa ansoniikyōno subarashii hanashini muchūni natte imashita

I was lost in Sir Anthony's wonderful story.

話はなしを聞きかせてくれ。

hanashio kikasete kure.

I want a full report though.

Characters

Written Form

Irregular Okurigana

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Rarely Used Kanji

話 kanji, 13 strokes tale

Reading

Other Forms

咄 kanji, 8 strokes exclamation of surprise

Rarely Used Kanji

Irregular Okurigana

噺 kanji, 16 strokes talk

Rarely Used Kanji

18 Variants Available

Essential 9 items

話はなしじゃない

hanashijanai

The negative form

1. Not a story.; Not the point.

★ Common

Noun

#12757

話はなしだった

hanashidatta

The past form

1. Was talking; Was said

★ Common

Noun

#16490

話はなしで

hanashide

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. talking; speaking

★ Common

Noun

#2234

話はなしの

hanashino

Attributive form: modifies a following noun

1. Of speech; Relating to talk

★ Common

Noun

#4541

話はなしじゃありません

hanashijārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not the case.; It's not that.

★ Common

Noun

#91598

話はなしじゃないです

hanashijanaidesu

The polite negative form

1. It's not...; It isn't...

★ Common

Noun

#47130

話はなしでした

hanashideshita

The polite past form

1. Was speaking.; It was a story.

★ Common

Noun

#25243

話はなしです

hanashidesu

The polite form

1. It is...; It's being said.

★ Common

Noun

#5015

話はなしではありません

hanashidewārimasen

The polite negative form

1. It is not.; It isn't.

★ Common

Noun

#54386

Common 6 items

話はなしじゃなかった

hanashijanakatta

The past negative form

1. It wasn't a story.; It wasn't what was said.

★ Common

Noun

#81694

話はなしだろう

hanashidarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Probably; It must be

★ Common

Noun

#43711

話はなしじゃありませんでした

hanashijārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't the case.; It wasn't that.

★ Common

Noun

#442484

話はなしじゃなかったです

hanashijanakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. It wasn't the story.; It wasn't what was said.

★ Common

Noun

#478367

話はなしでしょう

hanashideshō

Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")

1. Probably.; It must be.

★ Common

Noun

#35268

話はなしではありませんでした

hanashidewārimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not speaking.; Was not the topic.

★ Common

Noun

#309019

Advanced 3 items

話はなしだったら

hanashidattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If [it] were a story; If [it] were true

★ Common

Noun

#69671

話はなしであれば

hanashideareba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If [it is] a story; If [it is] said

★ Common

Noun

#170538

話はなしなら

hanashinara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If it's a story; If it's true

★ Common

Noun

#24117

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