Short for 関西地方 (Kansai-chihō): the center-west area of Japan between the 中国 (Chūgoku) and 中部 (Chūbu) regions

(rare) Same as かんさい (Kansai) above / the area to the west of Hangu Pass in China

dialect

(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

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

person from Kansai