[おばけばなし, obakebanashi] (n) (See 怪談) ghost story; spooky story
[おとぎばなし, otogibanashi] (n) (See 伽話) fairy-tale; nursery-tale
[こぼしばなし, koboshibanashi] (n) complaining
[ひそひそばなし, hisohisobanashi] (n, vs) whispering
[ほらばなし, horabanashi] (n) (See 法螺) tall story; cock-and-bull story
[アラビアよばなし, arabia yobanashi] (n) Arabian Nights; The Thousand and One Nights; The Arabian Nights' Entertainments
[ひとつばなし, hitotsubanashi] (n) anecdote; common talk
[ひとくちばなし, hitokuchibanashi] (n) joke; anecdote
[うわさばなし, uwasabanashi] (n, vs) gossip
[えんしょうこばなし, enshoukobanashi] (n) amorous anecdote
[きばなしゃくなげ, kibanashakunage] (n) Kibana rhododendron; Rhododendron metternichii var.
[とぎばなし, togibanashi] (n) (See お伽話) fairy-tale; nursery-tale
[はなばなしい, hanabanashii] (adj-i) brilliant; magnificent; spectacular; (P)
[がくやばなし, gakuyabanashi] (n) inside story; confidential talk
[おどけばなし, odokebanashi] (n) funny story
[たちばなしんとう, tachibanashintou] (n) (See 垂加神道) Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
[かるくちばなし, karukuchibanashi] (n) light jest or story
[おみやげばなし, omiyagebanashi] (n) (See お土産) trip story; vacation story
[たかばなし, takabanashi] (n) loud speech
[のろけばなし, norokebanashi] (n) (uk) speaking fondly of
[つくりばなし, tsukuribanashi] (n) fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth; (P)
[しかたばなし, shikatabanashi] (n) talking with gestures
[よもやまばなし, yomoyamabanashi] (n) talk about various topics
[おもいでばなし, omoidebanashi] (n) reminiscent talk
[じまんばなし, jimanbanashi] (n) boastful speech; bragging
[てがらばなし, tegarabanashi] (n) boastful story; big talk
[てばなし, tebanashi] (n) without holding on; without using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve or restraint; openly; (P)
[てばなす, tebanasu] (v5s, vt) (1) to let go of; to release; to drop; (2) to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to spare; to sell; (3) to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go; to part with; (4) to temporarily stop working
[しゅうしんじのおとぎばなし, shuushinjinootogibanashi] (n) bedtime story
[こばなし;しょうわ(小話), kobanashi ; shouwa ( kobanashi )] (n) (1) anecdote; (2) brief (comic) story
[わらいばなし, waraibanashi] (n) funny story
[みのうえばなし, minouebanashi] (exp, n) life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
[にんじょうばなし, ninjoubanashi] (n) love story; real-life story
[にんじょうばなし, ninjoubanashi] (n) story whose theme is warm human relationships
[せけんばなし, sekenbanashi] (n) gossip; chat
[むかしばなし, mukashibanashi] (n) folklore; legend; reminiscence; (P)
[そうばなしき, soubanashiki] (n) across-the-board (policy)
[そうばなしゅぎ, soubanashugi] (n) the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy
[そうばなせいさく, soubanaseisaku] (n) all-around policy; please-everyone policy
[うちあけばなし, uchiakebanashi] (n) confession; confidential talk; frank talk
[ちゃのみばなし, chanomibanashi] (n) a chat over tea
[ちゃわ;ちゃばなし;さわ, chawa ; chabanashi ; sawa] (n) a chat over tea
[ながばなし, nagabanashi] (n, vs) long talk; (P)
[じきわ;ちょくわ;じきばなし, jikiwa ; chokuwa ; jikibanashi] (n, vs) one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
[つじばなし, tsujibanashi] (n) (obsc) (See 辻講釈) stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
[てんぐばなし, tengubanashi] (n) boastful story
[つたえばなし, tsutaebanashi] (n) legend
[みやげばなし, miyagebanashi] (n) tales of one's travels
[ないしょばなし, naishobanashi] (n) secret talk
[ないしょうばなし, naishoubanashi] (n) confidential talk; whispering