Japanese

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Alternative spellings
立ち話
立話

Etymology

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From () (tachi, standing, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (tatsu, to stand).) + (はなし) (hanashi, talking). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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たちばなし (tachibanashiたちばなし (tatibanasi)?

  1. conversation while standing (a very informal situation)

Verb

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たちばなしする (tachibanashi suruたちばなし (tatibanasi)?suru (stem たちばなし (tachibanashisuru shi), past たちばなしした (tachibanashisuru shita))

  1. to converse / hold a conversation while standing (a very informal situation)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN