"話し" meaning in Japanese

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "話し",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanashi",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はなし"
      },
      "expansion": "話(はな)し • (hanashi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "hanashi",
          "word": "話"
        }
      ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of 話 (hanashi)"
      ],
      "id": "en-話し-ja-noun-j9NBrOJl",
      "links": [
        [
          "話",
          "話#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal or proscribed) Alternative spelling of 話 (hanashi)"
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "informal",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "話し"
}

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    {
      "form": "話し",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanashi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はなし"
      },
      "expansion": "話(はな)し • (hanashi)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "hanasu",
          "word": "話す"
        }
      ],
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        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu) [godan]",
        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu)"
      ],
      "id": "en-話し-ja-verb-faJRuRhJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "stem or continuative form",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "話す",
          "話す#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu) [godan]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "form-of",
        "stem"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "話し"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese verb forms"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "話し",
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        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanashi",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はなし"
      },
      "expansion": "話(はな)し • (hanashi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "hanashi",
          "word": "話"
        }
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        "Japanese informal terms",
        "Japanese proscribed terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of 話 (hanashi)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "話",
          "話#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal or proscribed) Alternative spelling of 話 (hanashi)"
      ],
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        "alternative",
        "informal",
        "proscribed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "話し"
}

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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese non-lemma forms",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
    "Japanese verb forms"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "話し",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "話",
          "はな"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hanashi",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "はなし"
      },
      "expansion": "話(はな)し • (hanashi)",
      "name": "ja-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        {
          "extra": "hanasu",
          "word": "話す"
        }
      ],
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        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu) [godan]",
        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu)"
      ],
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          "stem or continuative form",
          "連用形#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "話す",
          "話す#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
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        "stem or continuative form of 話す (hanasu) [godan]"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "話し"
}