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会話

かいわ

conversation

Mnemonic

People gathering in under a roof and a tongue doing the work. Not one person talking: the part where it goes back and forth, which is the part that counts. Kai かい and wa わ, both at it: かいわ.

Worth knowing

Same 話 as 話す はなす. 会話 is the exchange itself rather than the talking.

Built from

meet
A roof with people gathering in underneath it.
talk, story
言 speech + 舌 tongue

Words sharing these kanji

to meet to meet (by chance), to come across chance, opportunity, occasion talk, story to talk, to speak telephone topic of conversation

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