はなし

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Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of はなし – see the following entry.
【話】2
talking; speaking; speech; conversation
story; tale; narrative
a topic; a subject; that which is spoken about
rumors; rumours
negotiation; consultation; discussion
lecture; speech
Alternative spellings
話し, 噺, 咄
(This term, はなし (hanashi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as はなし, see Category:Japanese kanji read as はなし.)

Etymology 2

Verb

はなし • (hanashi) 

  1. stem or continuative form of はなす (hanasu)

Okinawan

Noun

はなし (hanashi) 

  1. 話, 話し: conversation, speech, story
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