かんだん

I

[閑談] idle talk 【C】【U】 むだ話.

II

[歓談] *chat

【C】おしゃべり； 【U】しゃべること.

▲She chatted (away) with her friends about the football game over coffee. 彼女はコーヒーを飲みながらフットボールの試合について友人と歓談した.

歓談
pleasant talk
chat
間断
continuously
constantly
閑談
quiet conversation
idle talk

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I

かんだん【歓談】

*chat

〖C〗おしゃべり； 〖U〗しゃべること.

▲She chatted (away) with her friends about the football game over coffee. 彼女はコーヒーを飲みながらフットボールの試合について友人と歓談した.

II

かんだん【閑談】

idle talk 〖C〗〖U〗 むだ話.

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I

かんだん【寒暖】

heat and cold; 〔温度〕 temperature.

●昼夜の寒暖の差 difference in temperature between daytime and nighttime

・この地は昼夜の寒暖の差が激しい. This area experiences drastic changes in temperature (between daytime and nighttime).

・年間を通じて寒暖の変動が少ない温和な気候 a mild climate with little change in temperature throughout the year.

II

かんだん【間断】

●間断なく incessantly; ceaselessly; unceasingly; continuously; constantly; unremittingly; uninterruptedly; without interruption [intermission, stopping]; without a break.

III

かんだん【閑談】

1 〔静かに話をすること〕 a quiet conversation [talk].

～する have a quiet talk 《with…》.

2 〔むだ話〕 a chat; an idle talk; a rambling talk.

～する chat 《with…》; have a chat [rambling talk] 《with…》.

IV

かんだん【歓談】

a pleasant chat [talk].

～する have a pleasant chat [talk] 《with…》.

●各国首脳と歓談中の総理大臣の写真 pictures of the prime minister having a pleasant talk [talking pleasantly] with various world leaders.

●市長の発声で乾杯したあと歓談に移った. After a toast, led by the mayor, they had a pleasant talk.

●〔司会者の言葉〕 では, お食事を召し上がりながらしばらくご歓談ください. Please relax and enjoy your meal.