対談|たいだんtaidan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbtalk; dialogue; conversation
    その上うえ、ある大学だいがく教授きょうじゅと対談たいだんしなければならない。↗
    In addition, I have to interview a professor.
Conjugation
Dictionary form対談する(たいだんする)
Polite (masu)対談します(たいだんします)
Negative (nai)対談しない(たいだんしない)
polite (masen)対談しません(たいだんしません)
classical zu / nu対談せず・対談せぬ(たいだんせず・たいだんせぬ)
Past (ta)対談した(たいだんした)
polite (mashita)対談しました(たいだんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)対談しなかった(たいだんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)対談しませんでした(たいだんしませんでした)
Te form対談して(たいだんして)
Potential対談できる(たいだんできる)
Passive対談される(たいだんされる)
Causative対談させる(たいだんさせる)
Causative passive対談させられる(たいだんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)対談すれば(たいだんすれば)
tara対談したら(たいだんしたら)
Volitional対談しよう(たいだんしよう)
polite (mashou)対談しましょう(たいだんしましょう)
Imperative対談しろ(たいだんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym対話たいわNeutralNeutral word for a two-way exchange of views, as in 「日中対話」; 「対談」 is typically a published or broadcast talk between two well-known people.
  • Synonym談話だんわWrittenWritten word for talk, also an official informal statement like 「首相談話」; 「対談」 is a two-person face-to-face talk.
  • SynonymダイアログNeutralNeutral loanword for dialogue or Q&A, also stage lines or a computer dialog box; 「対談」 is a face-to-face talk between two people.
  • RelatedおしゃべりCasualColloquial for casual chatting, as in 「お喋りする」; 「対談」 is a formal sit-down talk.
  • RelatedくっちゃべるCasualColloquial slang for idle chatter; 「対談」 is a formal two-person talk.
  • Antonym独白どくはくWrittenWritten antonym: opposite in the number of speakers — a monologue delivered by one person alone.

Use 「対談」 for a formal two-person talk, often published in a magazine or on a program. For exchanging views pick 「対話」, for official statements 「談話」, for casual chat 「お喋り」; the opposite is 「独白」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 二人ふたりが向かい合むかいあって話し合はなしあうこと。
Kanji in this word
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