噂話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
噂	話
うわさ Jinmeiyō	はなし > ばなし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
噂話し うわさ話

Etymology

Compound of 噂 (uwasa, “rumor”) +‎ 話 (banashi, “story”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うわさば​なし [ùwásábáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɰᵝa̠sa̠ba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

噂(うわさ)話(ばなし) • (uwasabanashi) 

1. gossip, rumor

   Synonym: 世間話 (sekenbanashi)