Kanji1 / 13
話 kanji
tale, talk
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ワ
Kun readings
はなすはなし
Words with 話
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —市内通話intra-city telephone call; local call
- —指名通話person-to-person call; personal call
- —童話作家writer of children's stories
- —内線電話extension telephone
- —移動電話mobile phone; wireless phone
- —衛星電話satellite phone
- —手話通訳sign-language interpreting; sign-language interpreter
- —政治対話political dialogue
- —電話会社telecommunications company; telco
- —無言電話silent phone call (form of harassment)
- —説話文学legendary literature; narrative literature
- —俗談平話conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
- —対話路線policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
- —白話小説novel written in colloquial Chinese
- —話題沸騰being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
- —電話会議phone conference; conference call
- —緊急電話urgent phone call; emergency phone call
- —固定電話landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
- —電話料金telephone fee; telephone service charge
- —電話対話telephone dialogue