N21026/1725

話はなしかける

Ichidan verbverb (generic)transitive verb

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はなしかける

Meanings

to address (someone), to accost a person, to talk (to someone)
to begin to talk, to start a conversation

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは知しらない人ひとに話はなしかけるのが苦手にがてだ。

She is not good at talking to strangers.

授業じゅぎょう中ちゅうに友達ともだちに話はなしかけてはいけません。

You must not talk to your friends during class.

バスの中なかで隣となりの人ひとに話はなしかけられた。

I was spoken to by the person sitting next to me on the bus.

彼かれは勇気ゆうきを出だして、気きになっていた女性じょせいに話はなしかけた。

He gathered his courage and talked to the woman he had been interested in.

深刻しんこくな表情ひょうじょうで考かんがえ込こんでいる人ひとに話はなしかけるのは、なかなか難むずかしいものだ。

It is quite difficult to start a conversation with someone who is deep in thought with a serious expression.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)