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JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

話はなしかける

hanashikakeru

to speak to someone

Example sentences

男おとこが近ちかづいて私わたしに話はなしかけた。
A man came up and spoke to me.
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彼かれは話はなしかけやすい人ひとだ。
He is easy to talk to.
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彼かれに話はなしかけても無駄むだだ。
It is useless to talk to him.
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Kanji in 話

話tale; talkOnワKunはなす・はなし

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