Meaning

Primary

English Conversation

Word Type

noun

Explanation

English meeting and talking with each other. This is English Conversation. This is used a lot when talking about "speaking in English" for studying English and whatnot.

Reading

えいかいわ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 英会話のレッスン

    English conversation lessons

    英会話の勉強

    studying English conversation

    英会話の先生

    English conversation teacher

Context Sentences

私の兄は、英会話は上手だけど、計算は下手なんです。

My older brother is good at English conversations, but bad at calculations.

まさか。また英会話のテストに落ちちゃったよ。ショックすぎる。

Oh no, I can’t believe I failed another English conversation test. I’m so shocked.

英会話の試験でミスをしたことで動揺してしまい、さらに別のミスを誘発することになってしまいました。

I knew I made one mistake on the English conversation exam and I was so flustered that it ended up setting off another mistake.

Kanji Composition