世間話
Japanese
edit| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 世 | 間 | 話 |
| せ Grade: 3 |
けん Grade: 2 |
はなし > ばなし Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | kun'yomi | |
Etymology
editCompound of 世間 (seken, “people, society”) + 話 (banashi, “story”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit世間話 • (sekenbanashi)
- gossip, small talk
- Synonym: 噂話 (uwasabanashi)
References
editCategories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 世 read as せ
- Japanese terms spelled with 間 read as けん
- Japanese terms spelled with 話 read as はなし
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with rendaku
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese nouns
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 3 kanji