► 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:
- 彼等は入札の前に談合していた ⇨ They were rigging the bid
- 誰にも相談出来ない悩み ⇨ A problem you cannot talk to not even a single person about
- 彼は弁護士に相談した ⇨ He consulted an attorney
- 学校には相談室が常設されている ⇨ There is a permanent counseling room at the school
- 「四谷怪談」は三大会談の一つだ ⇨ “Yotsuya ghost story” is one of the three famous ghost stories
- 大統領は側近に相談しなかった ⇨ The president didn’t consult his aides
- 冗談も程々にしろ ⇨ Keep your joking moderate. Cut your crap
- 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
- 彼の冗談はバカ受けした ⇨ His joke got everybody rolling
- 両国首脳の会談が予定されている ⇨ A meeting between the leaders of the two countries has been scheduled
- 僕の冗談に彼女はむっとした ⇨ She got miffed, offended, by my joke
- 彼等の縁談は破談になった ⇨ Their marriage deal was canceled
- 冗談だってば！ ⇨ It’s a joke! I’m just kidding
- 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
- 彼の冗談は全く受けずに惨めだった ⇨ His joke fell flat completely and it was humiliating