(transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse / to speak (a language)

Informal form of 話 (hanashi).

continuative of 話す

indicates respect

(informal, chiefly men's speech) second-person personal pronoun: you (romantic)

an emperor / a lord / a master / a nobleman or other person of high(er) rank / (after a が (ga) or の (no) particle) term of respect to another person / (historical, archaic) a prostitute

king, lord, ruler / person of high rank / form of address to fellow colleagues or inferiors

suffix for boys' names / indicates respect / indicates familiarity

second person personal pronoun: you

(Kagoshima) god; gods; goddess; goddesses