Moto 談: Discuss; TalkKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ダン
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 189 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ダン)
- 会談かいだんconversation; conference (usu. between important people)
- 相談そうだんconsultation; discussion
- 懇談こんだんinformal talk
- 談合だんごうconsultation; discussion
- 相談役そうだんやくcounselor; counsellor
- 談話だんわtalk; conversation
- 冗談じょうだんjest; joke
- 商談しょうだんbusiness discussion; negotiation
- 対談たいだんtalk; dialogue
- 座談会ざだんかいsymposium; round-table discussion
- 相談所そうだんじょconsultation office; information center
- 講談こうだんstorytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
- 怪談かいだんghost story
- 雑談ざつだんchatting; idle talk
- 示談じだんsettlement out of court; private settlement
- 面談めんだんinterview
- 余談よだんdigression; sequel (of a story)
- 密談みつだんprivate talk; confidential talk
- 政談せいだんtalking politics; discussion of a law case
- 歓談かんだんpleasant talk; chat
- 漫談まんだんchat; desultory conversation
- 破談はだんbreaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.); cancellation
- 筆談ひつだんcommunicating in writing
- 縁談えんだんmarriage proposal; marriage talks
- 美談びだんmoving tale; impressive tale
- 談笑だんしょうfriendly chat; pleasant chat
- 談義だんぎdiscussion; discourse
- 談話室だんわしつlounge
- 談論だんろんdiscussion
- お談義おだんぎlecture (i.e. an admonishment); sermon
- てい談ていだんtripartite talk; three-man talk
- できない相談できないそうだんimpossible proposition; unreasonable proposal
- ものは相談ものはそうだんa wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved
- わい談わいだんindecent talk; dirty story
- トップ会談トップかいだんsummit meeting; summit conference
- ポツダム会談ポツダムかいだんPotsdam Conference (July-August 1945; conference regarding the postwar occupation of Germany)
- ミュンヘン会談ミュンヘンかいだんMunich Conference (1938)
- ヤルタ会談ヤルタかいだんYalta Conference (February 1945)
- 三者会談さんしゃかいだんthree-cornered conversation
- 三者面談さんしゃめんだんparent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)
- 下相談したそうだんpreliminary consultation; arrangements
- 世話講談せわこうだんdrama about domestic life
- 主脳会談しゅのうかいだんleadership conference; summit meeting
- 予備会談よびかいだんpreliminary discussion
- 人生相談じんせいそうだんcounselling service (counseling); life matters advice service
- 人生相談欄じんせいそうだんらんadvice column; agony aunt column
- 休戦会談きゅうせんかいだんarmistice conference
- 体験談たいけんだんstory of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences
- 俗談ぞくだんcommon talk; worldly conversation
- 俗談平話ぞくだんへいわconversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life (business)
- 児童相談所じどうそうだんじょchild consultation center; children's welfare center
- 入札談合にゅうさつだんごうcollusion before a bid or tender; bid-rigging
- 内談ないだんprivate conversation
- 冒険談ぼうけんだんtale of adventure
- 冗談がすぎるじょうだんがすぎるto carry a joke too far
- 冗談が過ぎるじょうだんがすぎるto carry a joke too far
- 冗談じゃないじょうだんじゃないit's no joke; gimme a break!
Other readings
- 失敗談しっぱいだんfailure story; horror story
- 直談判じかだんぱんdirect talks; direct negotiations
- 下手の長談義へたのながだんぎpoor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit
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