雑談
ざつだん
chat; idle talk; small talk
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Examples
ぜひ雑談でもしにいらしてください。
ぜひざつだんでもしにいらしてください。
You must come and have a chat with us.
休憩時間に同僚と雑談した。
きゅうけいじかんにどうりょうとざつだんした。
I chatted with a colleague during the break.
会議の前に少し雑談をして場を和ませた。
かいぎのまえにすこしざつだんをしてばをなごませた。
We made a little small talk before the meeting to loosen things up.
雑談に花が咲いて、気づけば二時間も経っていた。
ざつだんにはながさいて、きづけばにじかんもたっていた。
The chatting really took off, and before we knew it two hours had passed.
Common patterns
- 雑談する
- to chat; to make small talk
- 雑談に花が咲く
- for the conversation to really get going
- 雑談を交わす
- to exchange small talk
Memory tip
雑 'miscellaneous' + 談 'talk' — talk with no agenda. Unlike 会話 (any conversation) or 相談 (consulting someone), 雑談 specifically means talk that is not about business; in an office it is the opposite of 打ち合わせ.
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