講談

こうだん

story-telling

講談師

こうだんし

professional storyteller

講談社

こうだんしゃ

Kodansha (publisher)

世話講談

せわこうだん

drama about domestic life

談義本

だんぎぼん

type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

本人談

ほんにんだん

person's own words; personal story; direct quote

講

こう

(Buddhist) lecture meeting

談

だん

talk, story, conversation

進講

しんこう

giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence, lecturing to the emperor

披講

ひこう

introduction of poems at a poetry party

出講

しゅっこう でこう

giving lectures

講中

こうじゅう

religious association

受講

じゅこう

taking (attending) lectures

講武

こうぶ こうたけし

military training

聴講

ちょうこう

lecture attendance, auditing

講堂

こうどう

auditorium, lecture hall

講義

こうぎ

lecture

講演

こうえん

lecture, address, speech

講習

こうしゅう

short course, training