表層形
話せん
ハナセン
動詞
話せん (ハナセン)
Hanasen · はなせん — to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat; to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss; to speak (a language)
Other ways to say “to talk” in Japanese →
話せん in rōmaji: hanasen.
動詞
一般
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📝 話す 🔤 下一段-サ行 📐 終止形-撥音便
Updated: 2026年8月23日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
話せん
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
話す
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| 読み (Reading) |
ハナセン
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
下一段-サ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
終止形-撥音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
話せん
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| 読み・基本形 |
ハナセル
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| 表記・基本形 |
話せる
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| 見出し語の読み |
ハナス
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💡 English Meaning
話せん means “to talk, to speak, to converse, to chat; to tell, to explain, to narrate, to mention, to describe, to discuss; to speak (a language)” — full definition & examples →
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ハナセン
Lemma: 話す
動詞一般**
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⚡ 一段 (Ichidan/Ru-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
話ます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
話て
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| 過去形 (Past) |
話た
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
話ない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
話ましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
話られる
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
話られる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
話させる
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Did you know · 動詞
動詞 (verbs) come at the end of a Japanese sentence. They conjugate for tense, politeness, negation, and mood — this entry shows the base (dictionary) form.
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The surface form (話せん) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (話す) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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