(phonology) in certain Japanese dialects, pitch accent that is highly inconsistent and unpredictable

characteristic

(colloquial) a girlfriend (a female partner in a romantic relationship)

(literary) they (about women or girls)

(formal) Female third-person singular pronoun; she, her, girlfriend

Informal form of 話 (hanashi).

continuative of 話す

(transitive) to talk (about something); to speak (on a subject); to converse / to speak (a language)

(linguistics) accent (stronger articulation) / (linguistics) intonation / (music) accent, emphasis, stress / (fashion, design) an accessory, an accent piece

ambiguous, obscure, unclear, vague