話

Meanings

1. talk; speech; chat; conversation
2. topic; subject
3. discussions; negotiation; argument
4. rumor; talk; hearsay
5. tale; story; fable

Part of speech: noun

Kanji

• 話

  Meanings

  tale, talk

  On reading

  ワ

  Kun reading

  はな.す、はなし

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 人の話に水を差さないでくれ。

  Don't throw a wet blanket over our conversation.

  Tatoeba #144570 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。

  He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.

  Tatoeba #100447 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ３時間議論したが、我々は話がまとまらなかった。

  After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.

  Tatoeba #235311 · CC BY 2.0 FR