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1

（＝人と話す）to speak, talk, chat, converse （with a person）

用例

• 彼と一晩話した
  I talked with him―chatted with him―all night.

• 君と話したいことがある
  I wish to have a talk with you.
• ゆっくり話したい
  I wish to have a long talk with you.
• ちょっと話ししたいことがある
  I want to have a word with you.
• ちょっと内証でお話ししたい
  A word with you （in private）!
• ちと話しに来給え
  Come for a chat sometimes!
• 昨晩友人のところへ話しに行った
  I had a chat with a friend―went for a chat with a friend―last evening.
• 二時間話した
  I had a two hours' chat with him.
• 面白く話した
  I had a pleasant chat with him.
• まだ早いからもっと話して行き給え
  Stay a little longer, it is still early.
• 話す言葉も後や先き
  He got confused in his talk―got mixed up.

2

（＝何を話す）to tell （one's story）; to relate （one's experience）; narrate （an event）; to recount （one's adventures）; to state （one's reason）; to explain （one's reason）

用例

• わけを話す
  to state one's reason―tell one's story

• わけを話したら承知するかも知れぬ
  If you explain your reason, he may consent.
• 主人に会って訳を話した
  I saw the master of the house, and told my story.
• 僕の経験したことを話そう
  I will relate my experiences―recount what I have seen and heard and felt.
• 彼の艱難辛苦を話したら大部の本ができよう
  If he were to recount the hardships he has gone through, it would fill a big volume
  A recital of his hardships would fill a big volume.

3

（＝誰に何を話す）to tell （one something）; to speak （to one of something）

用例

• 君に話しておきたいことがある
  I have something to tell you.

• 事の次第をかいつまんで話そう
  I will tell you briefly how matters stand.
• 近頃帰朝した人のことをいつか君に話したね
  I spoke to you the other day of a man just returned from abroad.
• 君はいつか良い家があることを話したね
  You spoke to me some time ago of a good house.

4

（＝外国語を話す）to speak, talk （a foreign language）

用例

• 彼は英語をよく話す
  He speaks English well
  He is a good speaker of English.

• あの人は五六カ国の語を話す
  He speaks several languages.
• 三カ国の語を一様に話す人は語学の天才だ
  He is a linguistic genius who speaks three languages equally well.

5

（＝秘密な事を話す）to tell, disclose, divulge, reveal （a secret）; to confide （a secret to one）; to unburden oneself of, disburden one's heart of （a secret to a person）

用例

• 君にぜひ話しておきたいことがある
  There is something I must confide to you―disclose to you.

• これは君だけに話すのだ
  I confide this to you alone
  This is for your private ears.
• 親にも兄弟にも話せないことだ
  It is a secret from my nearest relations.

6

（＝如何に話す）to speak （how?）

用例

• 彼は英語をすらすら話す
  He speaks English fluently
  He is a fluent speaker of English.

• 用心して話すがよい
  You ought to speak guardedly―use guarded language.
• 遠慮無く、腹蔵なく、忌憚無く話し給え
  You may speak without reserve.
• よどみ無く話す
  to speak without hitch or pause―tell the story off the reel
• 包み隠さず話す
  to speak the plain truth―tell the downright truth
• ザックバランに話す
  to be outspoken―free-spoken
• 身ぶりをして話す
  to suit the action to the word

7

（＝くわしく話す）to describe （a person or a thing）

用例

• 君の無くした時計はどんな時計だか詳しく話してみ給え、そうしたらわかるかも知れぬ
  If you will describe the watch you have lost,―tell me what it is like,―I may be able to find it.

• 君の尋ねる人はどんな人だかくわしく話したらあるいは心当たりがあるかも知れぬ
  If you will describe the man you want, I may be able to identify him.
• その機械はどんなものだかざっと話してみ給え
  Will you roughly describe the machine?―give me a general idea of the machine?

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