話, 話し, 噺: talk, conversation; topic; story

Alternative form of 話 (“story”)

professional rakugo storyteller

Informal form of 話 (hanashi).

continuative of 話す

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

north (cardinal point) / the North (northern part of a region) / a northerly, north wind / Short for 北の方 (kita no kata): northward / a developed country

north / escape, run away

Kita (one of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan) / (historical) the red-light district north of Edo Castle / a surname / a female given name

to go northwards