Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 話


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Meaning

speak, talk, conversation

Pronunciation

WA
hanashi, hanasu

Explanation

Left: word (sound waves out of a mouth ), right: tongue

Mnemonic

When words are formed by the tongue, that is speaking.

Radicals

word, speech(Sound waves above the opened mouth symbolize the spoken word.)
tongue(The radical shita stands for the tongue.)
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Vocabulary

昔話 むかしばなし folklore, legend, reminiscence
はなし speech, talk, chat, conversation
話す はなす to speak
話題 わだい topic, subject
神話 しんわ myth, legend
童話 どうわ fairy tale
談話 だんわ a talk, conversation
電話帳 でんわちょう telephone book, telephone directory
逸話 いつわ anecdote


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