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立ち話たちばなし (tachibanashi)

stand talking

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Meaning

立ち話 (たちばなし, tachibanashi) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “stand talking”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 5

母ははが店みせの前まえで立ち話たちばなしをしている

My mother is standing in front of the shop talking.

私わたしたちは30分ふん立ち話たちばなしをした。

We stood talking for half an hour.

彼かれらは長ながい間あいだ立ち話たちばなしをしていた。

They stood talking for a long time.

彼らの話は明らかにキャスリーンのことで、というのも彼ら二人とも、彼女のナショナリストの友人の一人、コントラルトのミス・ヒーリーと立ち話をしている彼女にたびたびチラチラと目をやっていた。

Their conversation was evidently about Kathleen for they both glanced at her often as she stood chatting to one of her Nationalist friends, Miss Healy, the contralto.

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