話す
N5はなす hanasu
- to speak
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
说话;讲
Examples
- 英語はカナダで話されている。English is spoken in Canada.加拿大说英语。
- ジョンはお客さんと電話で話した。John talked with his customer on the phone.约翰和客人在电话里交谈。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9d5bde24ec'); // 話す
{
"id": "9d5bde24ec",
"word": "話す",
"reading": "はなす",
"romaji": "hanasu",
"meanings": [
"to speak"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"v5s",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1562350,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "英語はカナダで話されている。",
"furigana": "{英語|えいご}はカナダで{話|はな}されている。",
"en": "English is spoken in Canada.",
"tatoeba_id": 189149
},
{
"ja": "ジョンはお客さんと電話で話した。",
"furigana": "ジョンはお{客|きゃく}さんと{電話|でんわ}で{話|はな}した。",
"en": "John talked with his customer on the phone.",
"tatoeba_id": 215417
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "37c4f168325a952ee9afbf37261c7deb95ada8fd93f51b416189d78666536ab7",
"meanings": [
"说话;讲"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "英語はカナダで話されている。",
"zh": "加拿大说英语。"
},
{
"ja": "ジョンはお客さんと電話で話した。",
"zh": "约翰和客人在电话里交谈。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/9d5bde24ec",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "4471f36735d2a9b459b145aec9d3a75319bfa9c4d1def5b4668a8a0ed2e73621"
}
}