he, she, that person over there (third person singular) / he, she, that person both of us know (third person singular) / my husband, partner (of a female speaker)

a dialect; a provincialism

(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

契丹: the Mongolian Khitan tribe that ruled Manchuria from 907–1115 CE.

喫茶: drinking tea; teahouse

起用: to appoint, to promote

起用: promotion to a job / 紀要: journal, bulletin

貴陽: Guiyang (貴陽市), capital of Guizhou (Kishū) Province in China