閑話

See also: 闲话

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 閑話 – see 閒話 (“to talk casually; to chat; words of little importance; casual words; digression; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 閒話).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
閑	話
かん Grade: S	わ Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
間話

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かんわ [kàńwá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) か​んわ [káꜜǹwà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃ɰᵝa̠]

Noun

閑(かん)話(わ) • (kanwa) 

1. chat, chatter

   閑(かん)話(わ)休(きゅう)題(だい)

   kanwa kyūdai

   get down to business; hark back to the subject

   (literally, “to stop chatting”)