談話|だんわdanwa[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtalk; conversation; dialogue
- nouninformal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; comment
- noun, linguisticsdiscourse
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 談話する（だんわする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 談話します（だんわします） |
| Negative (nai) | 談話しない（だんわしない） |
| polite (masen) | 談話しません（だんわしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 談話せず・談話せぬ（だんわせず・だんわせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 談話した（だんわした） |
| polite (mashita) | 談話しました（だんわしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 談話しなかった（だんわしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 談話しませんでした（だんわしませんでした） |
| Te form | 談話して（だんわして） |
| Potential | 談話できる（だんわできる） |
| Passive | 談話される（だんわされる） |
| Causative | 談話させる（だんわさせる） |
| Causative passive | 談話させられる（だんわさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 談話すれば（だんわすれば） |
| tara | 談話したら（だんわしたら） |
| Volitional | 談話しよう（だんわしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 談話しましょう（だんわしましょう） |
| Imperative | 談話しろ（だんわしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymおしゃべりCasualColloquial word for idle chat or gossip; also a chatty person. 「談話」 is more formal and can also mean a statement of views.
- Synonym会話かいわNeutralThe most general word for conversation, as in 「英会話」. 「談話」 is more formal and also covers official remarks or statements.
- Synonym語らいかたらいWrittenA literary word for an intimate chat, as in 「家族の語らい」. 「談話」 is the general term for talk and also for a statement of views.
- Synonym談義だんぎNeutralTalking over a particular topic, as in 「野球談義」; can also mean a tedious lecture. 「談話」 centers on talk or a statement of views.
- Synonym対話たいわNeutralFace-to-face exchange between two parties, as in 「対話を重ねる」. 「談話」 can also be a one-sided statement of views.
- Synonym語らうかたらうWrittenA verb, literary in tone, for talking intimately together. 「談話」 is a noun covering talk in general.
- Synonym対談たいだんNeutralA two-person interview-style talk, as in magazines or on TV programs — 「対談記事」. 「談話」 can be a one-sided statement.
- Synonym語り合うかたりあうNeutralA verb for talking things over heart-to-heart. 「談話」 is a noun for talk in general.
- SynonymトークNeutralLoanword for talk or chat, also one's skill at it — 「トークが弾む」, 「セールストーク」. 「談話」 is more formal and written.
- Synonym話すはなすNeutralThe most general verb for speaking or talking, as in 「友達と話す」. 「談話」 is a formal noun.
- SynonymしゃべりCasualColloquial noun for talking or one's gift of the gab, as in 「喋りが上手」. 「談話」 is more formal and written.
- SynonymくっちゃべるCasualSlangy verb for chattering on and on, with a negative nuance. 「談話」 is formal and refers to serious talk.
- Synonym談だんWrittenWritten style, mostly a suffix for accounts of something, as in 「体験談」 and 「目撃談」. 「談話」 stands alone as a word.
- RelatedレクチャーNeutralLoanword for a lecture or explanation, as in 「使い方をレクチャー」. 「談話」 is about talk or conversation.
- Related講演こうえんNeutralA formal speech before an audience, as in 「講演会」. 「談話」 centers on conversation or a brief statement.
- Related講義こうぎNeutralA university course lecture, as in 「講義に出る」. 「談話」 centers on conversation or a brief statement.
- Related講話こうわWrittenA written-style word for a plain talk given to an audience, as in 「校長の講話」. 「談話」 centers on talk or a statement of views.
- Related高談こうだんWrittenRare, written-style honorific for another person's lofty discourse. 「談話」 centers on talk or a statement of views.
- RelatedディスクールWrittenFrench loanword for discourse — a body of claims argued from a given standpoint, academic and philosophical. 「談話」 is everyday talk or a statement.
Use 「談話」 for talk or conversation, or for an informal statement of views on something, as in 「首相談話」 and 「談話室」. For everyday conversation pick 「会話」; for exchange between two parties 「対話」; for a two-person interview talk 「対談」; for a formal speech 「講演」; for idle chat 「お喋り」.
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