Kanji1 / 13
話 kanji
tale, talk
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ワ
Kun readings
はなすはなし
Words with 話
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5電話Populartelephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
- N4会話Popularconversation; talk; chat
- N3世話Popularcare; looking after; help; assistance; aid; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation; introduction; everyday life; everyday affairs; everyday language; sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)
- N3話題Populartopic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news; hot
- N2神話Popularmyth; mythology
- N2童話Popularchildren's story; fairy tale
- N2受話器Popular(telephone) receiver
- N1対話Populardialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
- —逸話Popularanecdote; story; episode
- —懇話Popularfriendly talk; chat
- —実話Populartrue story
- —手話Popularsign language
- —挿話Popularepisode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
- —談話Populartalk; conversation; dialogue; informal expression of opinion; off-the-cuff remarks; comment; discourse
- —通話Populartelephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; videoconference call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
- —秘話Popularsecret story; unknown episode
- —民話Popularfolk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
- —英会話PopularEnglish conversation; school for English conversation
- —世話人Popularsponsor; manager; caretaker; go-between; mediator; agent
- —電話機Populartelephone (device)