英会話

Japanese

Kanji in this term
英	会	話
えい Grade: 4	かい Grade: 2	わ Grade: 2
kan’on		tōon

Alternative spelling
英會話 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

英 (“English”) +‎ 会話 (“conversation”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えーか​いわ [èékáꜜìwà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ːka̠iɰᵝa̠]

Noun

英(えい)会(かい)話(わ) • (eikaiwa) ^{←えいくゎいわ (eikwaiwa)?}

1. (especially education) conversation in English

   流(りゅう)暢(ちょう)な英(えい)会(かい)話(わ)

   ryūchō na eikaiwa

   a conversation in fluent English

   英(えい)会(かい)話(わ)の先(せん)生(せい)

   eikaiwa no sensei

   a teacher of conversation in English

   英(えい)会(かい)話(わ)学(がっ)校(こう)

   eikaiwa gakkō

   a school for teaching conversation in English