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話 はなし (io) (n) talk; speech; chat; story; conversation 133
小説 しょうせつ (n) novel; story 424
電話 でんわ (n,vs) telephone 479
説 せつ (n,n-suf) theory 600
伝説 でんせつ (n) tradition; legend; folklore 810
解説 かいせつ (n,vs) explanation; commentary 864
説明 せつめい (n,vs) explanation; exposition 934
会話 かいわ (n) conversation 1388
話題 わだい (n) topic; subject 1694
神話 しんわ (n) myth; legend 1879
話す はなす (v5s) to speak 2513
逸話 いつわ (n) anecdote 4434
対話 たいわ (n,vs) interactive; interaction; conversation; dialogue 5098
説得 せっとく (n) persuasion 5428
説く とく (v5k) to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade 5700
一説 いっせつ (n) another report (opinion) 5759
諸説 しょせつ (n) opinion 6143
通話 つうわ (n,vs) (1) telephone call; talking; calling; (2) counter for telephone calls 6174
概説 がいせつ (n) general statement; outline 6353
演説 えんぜつ (n) speech; address 6472
仮説 かせつ (n) hypothesis; supposition; temporary; provisional; fictional 6513
童話 どうわ (n) fairy tale 6867
世話 せわ (n,vs) looking after; help; aid; assistance 7596
話者 わしゃ (n) narrator; speaker 8143
学説 がくせつ (n) theory 9259
手話 しゅわ (n) sign language 9412
説話 せつわ (n) tale; narrative 9940
異説 いせつ (n) different opinion 10549
通説 つうせつ (n) (obs) prevailing view; common opinion 10605
電話機 でんわき (n) telephone instrument 10883
説教 せっきょう (n) propound; preach; sermon 11372
英会話 えいかいわ (n) (1) English conversation; (2) school for English conversation (abbr) 11461
話し合い はなしあい (n) discussion; conference 12021
話せる はなせる (v1) to be understanding; to be sensible 12434
話し合う はなしあう (v5u) to discuss; to talk together 12877
談話 だんわ (n) a talk; conversation 13109
定説 ていせつ (n) established theory 13864
民話 みんわ (n) folklore 14342
俗説 ぞくせつ (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition 14938
話しかける はなしかける (v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone) 15595
論説 ろんせつ (n) editorial; dissertation 16546
昔話 むかしばなし (n) folklore; legend 16683
図説 ずせつ (n) illustration; diagram 16880
実話 じつわ (n) true story 16902
裏話 うらばなし (n) story not generally known; inside story; the real story (behind ...) 17389
序説 じょせつ (n) introduction 17407
秘話 ひわ (n) secret story; unknown episode 17885
夜話 やわ (n) night talks; evening tea parties 18267
夜話 よばなし (n) night talks; evening tea parties 18267
説法 せっぽう (n) a lecture; (Buddhist) sermon; preaching; moralizing 19044
話し方 はなしかた (n) way of talking 19107
言説 げんせつ (n) remark; statement 19375
社説 しゃせつ (n) editorial; leading article 19629
寓話 ぐうわ (n) allegory 20004
話術 わじゅつ (n) art of conversation 20087
自説 じせつ (n) one's personal opinion 20510
口説く くどく (v5k) to seduce; to make a play 21530
地動説 ちどうせつ (n) heliocentric (Copernican) theory 21889
おとぎ話 おとぎばなし (n) fairy tale 22687
講話 こうわ (n) lecture; discourse 22948
詳説 しょうせつ (n) detailed explanation 22992
世話人 せわにん (n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent 23399
世話人 せわびと (n) sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent 23399
逆説 ぎゃくせつ (n) paradox 23520
私小説 ししょうせつ (n) novel narrated in the first person 23854
私小説 わたくししょうせつ (n) novel narrated in the first person 23854
前説 ぜんせつ (n) former opinion 23854
風説 ふうせつ (n) rumor; gossip; hearsay 24080
懇話 こんわ (n) friendly (familiar) chat (talk) 24154
遊説 ゆうぜい (n,vs) election tour; election campaign; stumping 24495
話し言葉 はなしことば (n) spoken word 25224
話し手 はなして (n) speaker 25358
腹話術 ふくわじゅつ (n) ventriloquism 25491
天動説 てんどうせつ (n) Ptolemaic theory 26001
挿話 そうわ (n) episode 26240
巷説 こうせつ (n) gossip; talk about town 26730
官話 かんわ (n) the Mandarin language 26817
仏説 ぶっせつ (n) Buddha's teaching 26893
発話 はつわ (n) utterance 26991
受話器 じゅわき (n) (telephone) receiver 27058
総説 そうせつ (n) review article; general remarks 27330
作り話 つくりばなし (n) fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth 27703
力説 りきせつ (n,vs) insistence; (major) emphasis; stress 27703
笑い話 わらいばなし (n) funny story 28975
話芸 わげい (n) (the art of) storytelling 29086
新説 しんせつ (n) new theory 29190
白話 はくわ (n) colloquial Chinese 29632
話法 わほう (n) narration 29632
情話 じょうわ (n) conversing from the heart; love story 29851
話し掛ける はなしかける (v1) to accost a person; to talk (to someone) 30308
国際電信電話 こくさいでんしんでんわ KDD; Japanese international telecommunications company 31527
小話 こばなし (n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story 31648
小話 しょうわ (n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story 31648
性善説 せいぜんせつ (n) belief that human nature is fundamentally good 31648
茶話 さわ (n) a chat over tea 32076
茶話 ちゃばなし (n) a chat over tea 32076
茶話 ちゃわ (n) a chat over tea 32076
法話 ほうわ (n) Buddhist sermon 33636
説き伏せる ときふせる (v1) to confute; to argue down 33830
世話好き せわずき (adj-na,n) obliging person 34034
話し相手 はなしあいて (n) person with whom to speak; advisor 34212
世話焼き せわやき (n) a bother; a meddlesome person 34381
所説 しょせつ (n) explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion 34761
送話 そうわ (n) (telephonic) transmission 34761
略説 りゃくせつ (n) outline; summary 34761
口説き落とす くどきおとす (v5s) to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing 35357
世話物 せわもの (n) play dealing with the lives of ordinary people 35357
謬説 びゅうせつ (n) fallacy; fallacious argument 35357
笑話 しょうわ (n) amusing story 35577
性悪説 せいあくせつ (n) the view of human nature as fundamentally depraved 35778
講説 こうせつ (n) explanation (by lecture) 35968
辻説法 つじせっぽう (n) street preaching 36169
別れ話 わかればなし (n) talk about divorce or separation 36396
訓話 くんわ (n) exemplum; apologue 36620
長電話 ながでんわ (n) long telephone conversation 36620
長話 ながばなし (n) long talk 36884
下世話 げせわ (n) common saying; common phrase 37130
話合い はなしあい (n) discussion; conference 37130
悲話 ひわ (n) sad or tragic story 37405
流説 りゅうせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
流説 るせつ (n) groundless rumor; false report 37405
閑話 かんわ (n) quiet talk; gossip 38001
珍説 ちんせつ (n) novel idea; strange theory 38001
立ち話 たちばなし (n) standing around talking 38888
話し声 はなしごえ (n) speaking voice; talking voice 38888
雑話 ざつわ (n) chitchat 39227
実説 じっせつ (n) true story 39227
痴話喧嘩 ちわげんか (n) lover's quarrel 39571
話し込む はなしこむ (v5m) to be deep in talk 39920
茶飲み話 ちゃのみばなし (n) a chat over tea 40619
説諭 せつゆ (n,vs) persuasion; convincing 41444
閑話休題 かんわきゅうだい (exp,n) Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,... (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling) 42342
説経節 せっきょうぶし (n) sutra-based ballads accompanied by the samisen 42342
漏話 ろうわ (n) cross talk 42342
哀話 あいわ (n) sad story 42893
説経 せっきょう (n) (Buddhist) lecture on the sutras 42893
憶説 おくせつ (n) hypothesis; speculation; surmise 44061
口説 くぜつ (n) lover's tiff 44061
四方山話 よもやまばなし (n) talk about various topics 44061
説き明かす ときあかす (v5s) to explain; to solve; to make clear 44061
痴話 ちわ (n) lovers talk; sweet nothings 44061
邪説 じゃせつ (n) heretical doctrine 44709
持説 じせつ (n) one's cherished opinion 45436
叙説 じょせつ (n) explanation; interpretation 45436
話言葉 はなしことば (n) spoken language; colloquial expression 45436
道話 どうわ (n) exemplum 46248
話しぶり はなしぶり (n) one's way of talking 46248
話半分 はなしはんぶん (n) taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story 46248
愚説 ぐせつ (n) foolish opinion; one's opinion 47205
再説 さいせつ (n) repeated explanation 47205