対談|たいだんtaidan[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbtalk; dialogue; conversation
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.
- 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」.
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