| 講談師 | professional storyteller |
| 談合入札 | prearranged bidding, collusive bidding |
| 談判 | negotiations, making demands |
| 談話室 | lounge |
| 談論 | discussion |
| 談論風発 | spirited discussion |
| 座談 | conversation, discussion |
| 芸談 | talk about art |
| 炉辺談話 | fireside chat |
相談に乗る 相談にのる | to give advice, to counsel, to take part in a consultation |
| 縁談を調える | to arrange a marriage |
冗談が過ぎる 冗談がすぎる | to carry a joke too far |
| 冗談に紛らす | to pass (something) off as a joke |
相談にあずかる 相談に与る | to be consulted |
| 大使級会談 | ambassador-level conference |
| 談話表示構造理論 | discourse representation structure theory, DRS |
| 法律相談 | legal consultation, (giving) legal advice |
| 児童相談所 | child consultation center, child consultation centre |
| 手談 | go, board game of capturing territory |
| 和平会談 | peace conference, peace talks |
| 街談巷説 | street gossips and idle rumors |
| 街談巷語 | street gossips and idle rumors, hearsay |
| 冗談気味 | being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein |
| 冗談半分 | being somewhat (half) joking, half seriously, half in jest, in a jocular vein |
| 相談相手 | adviser, someone to consult with, confidant |
| 俗談平話 | conversation on worldly affairs, chat about everyday life (business) |
| 冗談めかして | jokingly, in the form of a joke |
| 入札談合 | collusion before a bid or tender, bid-rigging |
| 談語 | discussion, consultation |
| 談じる | to negotiate, to discuss, to debate |
| 武勇談 | tale of heroism |
| 三者面談 | parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.) |
| 床屋談義 | barbershop talk |
| 官製談合 | collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies |
| 同日の談ではない | bearing no comparison with, not to be mentioned in the same breath as |
| 商談成立 | conclusion (completion) of negotiations |
| 清談 | noble, refined, eloquent speech |
| 強談判 | tough negotiations, forceful negotiations |
| 強面談判 | aggressive negotiations, hard-line bargaining |
| 無料電話相談 | free phone consultation, free phone consultation service |
| 示談交渉 | settlement negotiation (insurance) |