作り話

つくりばなし

fiction, made-up story, fable, fabrication, myth

話題作

わだいさく

much-discussed work (book, film, etc.)

童話作家

どうわさっか

writer of stories for children

話

わ はなし

talk, speech, chat, story, conversation

電話対話

でんわたいわ

telephone dialogue

作

さく

work (e.g. of art), production

裏話

うらばなし

inside story, the real story (behind something), story not generally known

手話

しゅわ

sign language

米話

べいわ べいばなし

American spoken English

痴話

ちわ

lovers talk, sweet nothings

懇話

こんわ

friendly (familiar) chat (talk)

白話

はくわ

colloquial Chinese

念話

ねんわ

telepathic communication

独話

どくわ

talking to oneself, conducting a monologue

直話

じきわ ちょくわ じきばなし

one's own account (of something), account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand

茶話

ちゃわ ちゃばなし さわ

a chat over tea

伽話

とぎばなし

fairy-tale, nursery-tale

夜話

やわ よばなし

night chat, tale told at night

読話

どくわ

lip reading (esp. in context of deaf people), lipreading, speech reading, speechreading