Please wait

in the middle of a conversation; on the other line of the phone

Just a minute!

a small amount

please give me / (expressing a request) please do something for me

Please do not (do)

Please do (action)

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)