閑話

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See also: 闲话

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 閑話 – see 閒話 (“to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance; casual words; digression; etc.”).
(This term is a variant form of 閒話).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閑 話
かん
Grade: S 		わ
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
間話

Pronunciation

Noun

閑(かん)話(わ) • (kanwa) 

  1. chat, chatter
    閑(かん)話(わ)休(きゅう)題(だい) ― kanwa kyūdai ― get down to business; hark back to the subject (literally, “to stop chatting”)

References

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