► 名詞
談 [(1)だん] meaning: story rank: 3
☆ 彼女の体験談を聞いた ⇨ I listened to her talk about her own experience
☆ 成功談と失敗談はどちらも参考になる ⇨ Success stories and failure stories are both informative
談 [(1)だん] [liter] meaning: talk rank: 4
☆ 今迄知られていなかったアインシュタインの談を紹介した本 ⇨ A book that presents previously unknown interviews of Einstein (☛ An interview or monologue of someone)
More examples:
- 彼は誰にも相談できず一人で悶々としている ⇨ He cannot talk to anybody and is struggling all alone
- 彼はその冗談に作り笑いした ⇨ He gave a fake smile, smiled awkwardly, for that joke
- 冗談にも程がある ⇨ Jokes have limits.
- 悪趣味な冗談 ⇨ Jokes with poor taste. Offensive jokes
- くだらない冗談を言うな ⇨ Cut your silly jokes
- 便秘は冗談ではなくて深刻な問題だ ⇨ Constipation is not a joke, but rather a serious problem
- 忠犬ハチ公の話は美談として有名だ ⇨ The story of the loyal dog Hachi is famous as a morally beautiful story
- 冗談かと思ったら彼は大真面目だった ⇨ First I’d thought he was joking, but he was dead serious
- お困りの際は御相談下さい ⇨ Please consult me when you have problems
- さっきのは冗談だよ ⇨ (What I said) earlier was a joke
- 彼は「…」と冗談めかしていった ⇨ “…” he said jokingly, pretending like he was joking
- 冗談は抜きにして本当にガス腹で苦しい ⇨ I am not joking, I am really struggling with gassy stomach
- 落ちの無い冗談 ⇨ A joke without a punchline
- 彼は冗談じみた言い方をした ⇨ He said so with a joke-like tone
- 趣味の悪い冗談 ⇨ A joke with very poor taste