歓談・款談|かんだんkandan[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
歓談歓談 is the most common form, written only in kanji, and is the form learners should choose for “pleasant talk; chat.”
款談款談 is a kanji-only variant of 歓談, but it is rarely used; learners will seldom need to choose it when writing “pleasant talk; chat.”
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpleasant talk; chat
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 歓談する（かんだんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 歓談します（かんだんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 歓談しない（かんだんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 歓談しません（かんだんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 歓談せず・歓談せぬ（かんだんせず・かんだんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 歓談した（かんだんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 歓談しました（かんだんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 歓談しなかった（かんだんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 歓談しませんでした（かんだんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 歓談して（かんだんして） |
| Potential | 歓談できる（かんだんできる） |
| Passive | 歓談される（かんだんされる） |
| Causative | 歓談させる（かんだんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 歓談させられる（かんだんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 歓談すれば（かんだんすれば） |
| tara | 歓談したら（かんだんしたら） |
| Volitional | 歓談しよう（かんだんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 歓談しましょう（かんだんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 歓談しろ（かんだんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym談笑だんしょうNeutralTalking with laughter mixed in; stresses the laughter and relaxed mood. Nearly interchangeable with 「歓談」.
- Synonym語らうかたらうWrittenA literary verb for talking warmly with someone, as in 「友と語らう」; 「歓談」 leans toward pleasant talk at a banquet.
- Synonym閑談かんだんWrittenQuiet, idle chatting about nothing in particular; rare even in written prose. 「歓談」 stresses a pleasant, friendly mood.
- RelatedおしゃべりNeutralCasual, offhand chatting; also means a chatty person. Colloquial and less formal than 「歓談」.
- Related語り合うかたりあうNeutralA verb for talking things over heart-to-heart; stresses deep exchange and need not happen at a party or banquet.
- Related雑談ざつだんNeutralAimless everyday chatting; very common in daily life, but unlike 「歓談」 it does not stress a pleasant atmosphere.
- RelatedだべるCasualColloquial verb for pointless idle chatter used to kill time; carries a mildly derogatory nuance.
- Related閑話かんわWrittenIdle talk, now mostly seen in the set phrase 「閑話休題」; written in flavor and rarely used alone today, unlike 「歓談」.
- Related雑話ざつわWrittenChitchat about everyday domestic matters; rare even in writing — in daily speech 「雑談」 is the normal word.
- RelatedくっちゃべるCasualA slangy verb for chattering on and on; carries a contemptuous nuance.
- Antonym沈黙ちんもくNeutralKeeping silent and saying nothing; the opposite of the lively conversation of 「歓談」.
- AntonymしじまWrittenComplete, deep stillness; the written-style opposite of 「歓談」, where talk and laughter fill the air.
Use 「歓談」 for pleasant conversation between hosts and guests at a party or banquet, as in 「ご歓談ください」. For everyday casual chat pick 「おしゃべり」 or 「雑談」; for talk full of laughter, 「談笑」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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