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話はなし話し咄噺NounFreq #95
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話／話し only

talk; speech; chat; conversation

Examples
人の話に水を差さないでくれ。
Don't throw a wet blanket over our conversation.
2

topic; subject

Examples
彼は不愉快な話を２時間もした。
He dwelt on an unpleasant subject for two hours.
3

話／話し only

discussions; negotiation; argument

Examples
３時間議論したが、我々は話がまとまらなかった。
After three hours of discussion we got nowhere.
4

rumor; talk; hearsay

Examples
厳しい冬になるという話です。
They say we are going to have a severe winter.
5

tale; story; fable

Examples
私はアンソニー卿のすばらしい話に夢中になっていました。
I was lost in Sir Anthony's wonderful story.
6

circumstances; particulars

Examples
話を聞かせてくれ。
I want a full report though.
おとぎ話御伽噺お伽話お伽噺おとぎばなしNounFreq #13291
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fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

Examples
私はお母さんにおとぎ話を読んでもらった。
I had fairy tales read by my mother.
怪談話怪談噺怪談咄かいだんばなしNounFreq #39572
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怪談噺, 怪談咄 esp. in rakugo

ghost story

小話小咄小噺こばなししょうわ (小話)NounFreq #61933
1

anecdote

2

brief (comic) story

噺家咄家はなしかNounFreq #89932
1

professional comic (rakugo) storyteller

三題噺三題咄さんだいばなしNounFreq #107519
1

performing a rakugo story on the spot based on three topics given by the audience; impromptu rakugo story based on three subjects

囃子方はやし方はやしかた噺子方NounFreq #113358
1

musical accompanist (in noh, kabuki, etc.); background instruments

人情話人情噺人情咄にんじょうばなしNounFreq #124179
1

story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line

仕方話仕方噺仕方咄しかたばなしNounFreq #190268
1

talking with gestures

素話素咄素噺すばなしNounFreq #216395
1

素話 only

chat without food or drink

2

rakugo performed without musical accompaniment

ひとくち話一口話ひとくちばなし一口噺一口咄NounFreq #218847
1

joke; anecdote

咄本噺本話本はなしぼんNoun
1

Historical term

hanashibon (book of humorous stories and anecdotes; Edo period)

辻噺つじばなしNounFreq #219120
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Rare term

stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money

落とし噺落とし話落し噺落し話おとしばなしNounArchaic
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rakugo