ながばなし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
長話

Etymology

From (なが) (naga-) + (はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がばなし [nàgábáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠ɡa̠ba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

ながばなし • (nagabanashiながばなし (nagabanasi)?

  1. talking for a long time; lengthy rambling

Verb

ながばなしする • (nagabanashi suruながばなし (nagabanasi)?suru (stem ながばなし (nagabanashi shi), past ながばなしした (nagabanashi shita))

  1. to talk for a long time

Conjugation

References

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