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Kanji:話 a talk; a topic; a story

JLPT N5: 71 / 100 | 13 Strokes

On:
Kun: はなし; はな・す
Meaning: a talk; a topic; a story

Stroke Order:

Examples:

  • 英会話(えいかいわ)  English conversation (class)
  • 昔話(むかしばなし)  an old tale; legend [note how the はなし becomes ばなし]
  • 手話(しゅわ) sign language [lit. hand talk]

Example Sentence:

きのうの(はなし)()いた?

Did you hear yesterday’s speech?

  • きのう yesterday
  • の [limits the “speech” to that of “yesterday”]
  • (はなし) story; speech
  • ()いた did (you) hear [in informal speech, you can make a question by raising the tone at the end]

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