噂話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
噂 話
うわさ
Jinmeiyō 		はなし > ばなし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
噂話し
うわさ話

Etymology

Compound of 噂 (uwasa, “rumor”) +‎ 話 (banashi, “story”). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) うわさばなし [ùwásábáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟β̞a̠sa̠ba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

噂(うわさ)話(ばなし) • (uwasabanashi) 

  1. gossip, rumor
    Synonym: 世間話 (sekenbanashi)

References

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