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Learn Hardcore Japanese: hanasikakeru - to start talking to

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 38
/hanashikakeru

hanashikakeru

Word

話はなしかけるhanashikakeru

Meaning

to start talking to

Part of speech

group 2, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of hanashikakeru

帰かえり　の　電車でんしゃ　で　隣となり　の　女おんなの子こ　に　話はなしかけられて、　今度こんど　映画えいが　や　ドラマ　の　話はなし　を　しよう　と　誘さそわれた。kaeri no densha de tonari no onnanoko ni hanashikakerarete, kondo eiga ya dorama no hanashi o shiyou to sasowareta.

On the train home, a girl next to me started talking to me and invited me to talk about movies and dramas sometime.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

私わたし　は　駅えき　で　一人ひとり　で　待まって　いる　友達ともだち　に　話はなしかけました。watashi wa eki de hitori de matte iru tomodachi ni hanashikakemashita.

I started talking to a friend who was waiting alone at the station.

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