世間話

Japanese

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

Compound of 世間 (seken, “people, society”) +‎ 話 (banashi, “story”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) せけんばなし [sèkéńbáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [se̞kẽ̞mba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

世(せ)間(けん)話(ばなし) • (sekenbanashi) 

  1. gossip, small talk
    Synonym: 噂話 (uwasabanashi)

References

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