| お化け話;御化け話 | [おばけばなし, obakebanashi] (n) (See 怪談) ghost story; spooky story [Add to Longdo] |
| お伽話;御伽話;おとぎ話;御伽噺 | [おとぎばなし, otogibanashi] (n) (See 伽話) fairy-tale; nursery-tale [Add to Longdo] |
| こぼし話;零し話 | [こぼしばなし, koboshibanashi] (n) complaining [Add to Longdo] |
| ひそひそ話 | [ひそひそばなし, hisohisobanashi] (n, vs) whispering [Add to Longdo] |
| ほら話;法螺話 | [ほらばなし, horabanashi] (n) (See 法螺) tall story; cock-and-bull story [Add to Longdo] |
| アラビア夜話 | [アラビアよばなし, arabia yobanashi] (n) Arabian Nights; The Thousand and One Nights; The Arabian Nights' Entertainments [Add to Longdo] |
| 一つ話 | [ひとつばなし, hitotsubanashi] (n) anecdote; common talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 一口話 | [ひとくちばなし, hitokuchibanashi] (n) joke; anecdote [Add to Longdo] |
| 噂話;噂話し;うわさ話 | [うわさばなし, uwasabanashi] (n, vs) gossip [Add to Longdo] |
| 艶笑小話 | [えんしょうこばなし, enshoukobanashi] (n) amorous anecdote [Add to Longdo] |
| 黄花石楠花 | [きばなしゃくなげ, kibanashakunage] (n) Kibana rhododendron; Rhododendron metternichii var. [Add to Longdo] |
| 伽話 | [とぎばなし, togibanashi] (n) (See お伽話) fairy-tale; nursery-tale [Add to Longdo] |
| 華々しい(P);花々しい;花花しい;華華しい | [はなばなしい, hanabanashii] (adj-i) brilliant; magnificent; spectacular; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 楽屋話 | [がくやばなし, gakuyabanashi] (n) inside story; confidential talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 戯け話 | [おどけばなし, odokebanashi] (n) funny story [Add to Longdo] |
| 橘神道 | [たちばなしんとう, tachibanashintou] (n) (See 垂加神道) Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana) [Add to Longdo] |
| 軽口話 | [かるくちばなし, karukuchibanashi] (n) light jest or story [Add to Longdo] |
| 御土産話;お土産話 | [おみやげばなし, omiyagebanashi] (n) (See お土産) trip story; vacation story [Add to Longdo] |
| 高話 | [たかばなし, takabanashi] (n) loud speech [Add to Longdo] |
| 惚気話;のろけ話 | [のろけばなし, norokebanashi] (n) (uk) speaking fondly of [Add to Longdo] |
| 作り話 | [つくりばなし, tsukuribanashi] (n) fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 仕方話;仕方噺;仕形噺 | [しかたばなし, shikatabanashi] (n) talking with gestures [Add to Longdo] |
| 四方山話 | [よもやまばなし, yomoyamabanashi] (n) talk about various topics [Add to Longdo] |
| 思い出話 | [おもいでばなし, omoidebanashi] (n) reminiscent talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 自慢話 | [じまんばなし, jimanbanashi] (n) boastful speech; bragging [Add to Longdo] |
| 手柄話 | [てがらばなし, tegarabanashi] (n) boastful story; big talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 手放し | [てばなし, tebanashi] (n) without holding on; without using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve or restraint; openly; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 手放す | [てばなす, tebanasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to let go of; to release; to drop; (2) to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell; (3) to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with; (4) to temporarily stop working [Add to Longdo] |
| 就寝時のお伽話 | [しゅうしんじのおとぎばなし, shuushinjinootogibanashi] (n) bedtime story [Add to Longdo] |
| 小話;小咄 | [こばなし;しょうわ(小話), kobanashi ; shouwa ( kobanashi )] (n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story [Add to Longdo] |
| 笑い話 | [わらいばなし, waraibanashi] (n) funny story [Add to Longdo] |
| 身の上話 | [みのうえばなし, minouebanashi] (exp, n) life story; personal narrative; story of one's life [Add to Longdo] |
| 人情噺(oK) | [にんじょうばなし, ninjoubanashi] (n) love story; real-life story [Add to Longdo] |
| 人情話 | [にんじょうばなし, ninjoubanashi] (n) story whose theme is warm human relationships [Add to Longdo] |
| 世間話 | [せけんばなし, sekenbanashi] (n) gossip; chat [Add to Longdo] |
| 昔話 | [むかしばなし, mukashibanashi] (n) folklore; legend; reminiscence; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 総花式 | [そうばなしき, soubanashiki] (n) across-the-board (policy) [Add to Longdo] |
| 総花主義 | [そうばなしゅぎ, soubanashugi] (n) the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy [Add to Longdo] |
| 総花政策 | [そうばなせいさく, soubanaseisaku] (n) all-around policy; please-everyone policy [Add to Longdo] |
| 打ち明け話;打明け話 | [うちあけばなし, uchiakebanashi] (n) confession; confidential talk; frank talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 茶飲み話 | [ちゃのみばなし, chanomibanashi] (n) a chat over tea [Add to Longdo] |
| 茶話 | [ちゃわ;ちゃばなし;さわ, chawa ; chabanashi ; sawa] (n) a chat over tea [Add to Longdo] |
| 長話 | [ながばなし, nagabanashi] (n, vs) long talk; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 直話 | [じきわ;ちょくわ;じきばなし, jikiwa ; chokuwa ; jikibanashi] (n, vs) one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand [Add to Longdo] |
| 辻噺 | [つじばなし, tsujibanashi] (n) (obsc) (See 辻講釈) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money [Add to Longdo] |
| 天狗話 | [てんぐばなし, tengubanashi] (n) boastful story [Add to Longdo] |
| 伝え話 | [つたえばなし, tsutaebanashi] (n) legend [Add to Longdo] |
| 土産話 | [みやげばなし, miyagebanashi] (n) tales of one's travels [Add to Longdo] |
| 内緒話 | [ないしょばなし, naishobanashi] (n) secret talk [Add to Longdo] |
| 内証話 | [ないしょうばなし, naishoubanashi] (n) confidential talk; whispering [Add to Longdo] |
