世間話
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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世 | 間 | 話 |
せ Grade: 3 |
けん Grade: 2 |
はなし > ばなし Grade: 2 |
on’yomi | kun’yomi |
Etymology edit
Compound of 世間 (seken, “people, society”) + 話 (banashi, “story”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
世間話 • (sekenbanashi)
- gossip, small talk
- Synonym: 噂話 (uwasabanashi)