話す

• 読み: はなす
• ローマ字: hanasu
• 漢字の分解: 話 (wa/hana) — to talk, speech, story
• 発音: /ha.na.sɯ/

意味

To talk; to speak; to converse; to chat. The primary verb for verbal communication.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb with an s-stem. The te-form is 話して. Used for both speaking a language (日本語を話す) and talking to someone (友達と話す). Different from 言う (iu), which focuses on the content of what is said, while 話す emphasises the act of communicating.

例文

1. 日本語を少し話せます。
2. 友達と電話で話しました。
3. もっとゆっくり話してください。

使い方ガイド

場面: conversation, languages, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 話 combines 言 (words) and 舌 (tongue), directly representing speech produced by the tongue forming words.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal