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    3. 漫談

    漫談

    漫まん談だん

    chat

    KMT10News #33+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, VerbMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab29 strokes

    まんだん

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    chat, desultory conversation

    Stroke 0 / 29

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは漫まん談だんが得とく意いだ。

    He is good at storytelling/chatting.

    KMT6Music & Entertainment
    寄よ席せでベテランの漫まん談だん家かが観かん客きゃくを笑わらわせた。

    At the yose (storytelling theater), a veteran storyteller made the audience laugh.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの漫まん談だんは、時じ事じネタを巧たくみに取とり入いれた社しゃ会かい風ふう刺しが効きいている。

    His storytelling is effective social satire, skillfully incorporating current events.

    KMT10Music & EntertainmentPolitics & Law
    ラジオ番ばん組ぐみで、人にん気きタレントが軽けい快かいな漫まん談だんを披ひ露ろうした。

    On the radio program, a popular celebrity performed a lighthearted chat/storytelling.

    KMT10Music & Entertainment
    漫まん談だんは、落らく語ごや講こう談だんと並ならぶ日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな話わ芸げいの一ひとつだ。

    Mandan (storytelling) is one of Japan's traditional performing arts, alongside rakugo and kōdan.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    漫
    みだり.に・そぞ.ろ…(1)
    cartoon・involuntarily・unrestrained・in spite of oneself・corrupt
    談
    discuss・talk
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