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Learn Hardcore Japanese: hanasikakeru - to speak to

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 38
/hanashikakeru

hanashikakeru

Word

話はなしかけるhanashikakeru

Meaning

to speak to

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of hanashikakeru

図書館としょかん　に　寄よった　とき、　受付うけつけ　の　人ひと　に　日本語にほんご　で　話はなしかけました。toshokan ni yotta toki, uketsuke no hito ni nihongo de hanashikakemashita.

When I stopped by the library, I spoke to the receptionist in Japanese.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

駅えき　で　道みち　に　迷まよった　外国人がいこくじん　に　英語えいご　で　話はなしかけました。eki de michi ni mayotta gaikokujin ni eigo de hanashikakemashita.

I spoke to a foreigner who was lost at the station in English.

避難所ひなんじょ　で　は、　知しらない　人ひと　に　も　親切しんせつ　に　話はなしかけること　が　大切たいせつ　だ　と　思おもいます。hinanjo de wa, shiranai hito ni mo shinsetsu ni hanashikakerukoto ga taisetsu da to omoimasu.

I think it is important to speak kindly even to people you don’t know at an evacuation shelter.

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