Lingaku話しかける【はなしかける】
Frequency rank: 1,441.
- to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)
- to begin to talk; to start a conversation
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone)
- to begin to talk; to start a conversation
This meaning refers to starting a conversation with someone or speaking to them.
He addressed me.
This meaning is about initiating a conversation or starting to speak.
She nervously started a conversation.
Generated collocations (experimental)
はなしかける話しかけるto address (someone)ともだち友達にはなしかける話しかけるto talk to a friendきがるに気軽にはなしかける話しかけるto casually talk to someoneしらない知らないひと人にはなしかける話しかけるto talk to a strangerはなしかけられる話しかけられるto be addressed by someoneはなしかける話しかけるゆうき勇気the courage to address someoneすぐにはなしかける話しかけるto immediately approach someoneはなしかける話しかけるたいみんぐタイミングthe timing to start a conversationやさしく優しくはなしかける話しかけるto speak kindly to someoneはなしかけられる話しかけられることをきたい期待するto hope to be approached by someone
Example sentences
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A man of sense wouldn't speak to you like that.
I spoke to him kindly so as not to frighten him.
He is reticent and he never speaks unless spoken to.