to shoot the breeze, yakety-yak

big talk, boastful talk

(rhetoric) a parable

(obsolete, Edo period) spoken vernacular Chinese

(rare) Alternative form of おとぎ話

(idiomatic) to break the ice; to broach a subject; to begin a conversation

gossip, small talk

gossip, rumor

海松: a type of seaweed / 水松: a type of seaweed

見る: to see / 看る: to look after, take care of / 観る: to view (flowers, a movie) / 視る: to see (an area struck by a disaster) / 診る: to examine (medical) / 回る: to turn, revolve / 廻る: to turn, revolve