► 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:
- 彼の冗談はバカ受けした ⇨ His joke got everybody rolling
- 懇談会 ⇨ A meeting
- アインシュタインの談話集 ⇨ A collection of Einstein interviews/talks
- 彼の話は真面目なのか冗談なのか分からない ⇨ I can’t tell what he said was serious or just a joke
- 弁護士の相談料 ⇨ Consultation fees for lawyers
- この商談は私達には余り旨みが無い ⇨ This business deal is not very sweet for us, doesn’t offer much benefit
- 彼は「…」と冗談半分で言った ⇨ He said “…” half-jokingly
- 冗談じゃない！ ⇨ That is not a joke! That’s not funny at all! That’s outrageous!
- 彼の冗談は全く受けなかった ⇨ His joke didn’t make anybody laugh. It completely fell flat
- 彼等は冗談を飛ばし合った ⇨ They cracked jokes in all directions
- 学校には相談室が常設されている ⇨ There is a permanent counseling room at the school
- 悩み事相談室 ⇨ A personal problem counseling center
- 彼の冗談に皆抱腹絶倒した ⇨ Everybody has gone crazy with his joke
- 彼の冗談は全然おかしくない ⇨ His jokes are not funny at all
- 彼は冗談めいた言い方をしたが、本当は本気だった ⇨ Even though he made it sound like he was joking, actually he was very serious