の話は

As for talk about …, what someone says about a matter; their account of it, what people say about …; as for the reports about …, as for the conversation about/with …, the story about …

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phrase Common #2,674
As for talk about … Marks something as the topic of discussion; often used when asking someone to stop talking about it.
JA: 政治の話はやめて。
EN: Stop talking about politics.

ゲームの話はやめて。

Stop talking about games.

もう政治の話は止めて

Stop talking about politics already.

— ジョジョ・ラビット (2019)

ネリダの話はもういい

Enough about Nerida.

— 雪山の絆 (2023)

聖書の話はやめろ

Stop talking about the Bible.

— エリート・スクワッド ブラジル特殊部隊BOPE (2010)

食べ物の話はやめてくれませんか?

Could you stop talking about food?

母親の話は?

What about the mother?

— どん底作家の人生に幸あれ! (2019)

トムの話はやめよう。

Let's stop talking about Tom.

モールの話は?

What about the mall?

— アトランティス 失われた帝国 (2001)

その鳥の話はやめてくれ

Stop talking about that bird.

— イル・ポスティーノ (1994)

俺の家族の話はやめろ。

Stop talking about my family.

トムは、自分の小さい頃の話は絶対しないんだ。

Tom never talks about what he was like as a child.

人権の話はやめてくれ

Stop talking about human rights.

— エリート・スクワッド ブラジル特殊部隊BOPE (2010)

情夫たちの話はよせよ

Stop talking about your lovers.

— 暗殺の森 (1971)

勤務時間の話はしないので帰ってるかも

I don't discuss working hours, so they might already be home.

— 花様年華 (2000)

事件の話は?

What about the incident?

— デッド・ドント・ダイ (2019)

トムの話はやめろ。

Stop talking about Tom.

明らかに水爆の話は?

Obviously, what about the hydrogen bomb?

— オッペンハイマー (2023)

階下に戻りますビジネスと政治の話は退屈だろうからね

I’ll head back downstairs. Business and politics are probably boring for you, after all.

— タイタニック (1997)

神の街の話は彼から始めよう

Let’s begin the story of the City of God with him.

— シティ・オブ・ゴッド (2002)

phrase Uncommon #20,166
what someone says about a matter; their account of it の links the matter or person to 話 (“account” or “what was said”); は marks it as the topic.
JA: トムの話は、もっともだった。
EN: Tom’s account made sense.

大佐の話はウソだった

The colonel's story was a lie.

— ア・フュー・グッドメン (1992)

小樓今の話は本当か?

Xiaolou, is what you just said true?

— さらば、わが愛/覇王別姫 (1993)

トムの話は、もっともだった。

Tom had a point.

最初に上陸した場所の話は飛ばした。

I skipped over the part about where they first landed.

証人たちの話は真実か?

Is the witnesses’ testimony true?

— さらば、わが愛/覇王別姫 (1993)

兄ちゃんの話は信じない

I don't believe what big brother says.

— तुम्बाड (2018)

今の話はほとんど分からなかったわ

I hardly understood anything you were talking about just now.

— 8 1/2 (1963)

でも、スターランディング川の話はどういうことです?

But what’s the story with Star Landing River?

あそこのカジノの話は聞いたぜ大儲けしたのか?

I heard about that casino over there. Did you win big?

— 罪人たち (2025)

その後の話はご存じでしょう。

You know what happened afterward, don't you?

phrase Rare #29,186
what people say about …; as for the reports about … Used to refer to rumors or information heard from others, often when discussing whether it is true or reliable.
JA: 他の人の話は当てになりません。
EN: What you hear from other people can't be relied on.

暴動の話は聞いたことがあったが、まさか自分が目にするとは思っていなかった。

I’d heard about the riots, but I never thought I’d see one myself.

トムの話は本当なの?

Is what Tom says true?

“他の人の話は当てになりません”

You can't rely on what other people say.

— マレーナ (2000)

じゃ人の話は本当なんだな?

So what people are saying is true, then?

— コーラス (2004)

息子は…息子さんの話は信じられない

My son... I can't believe what your son says.

— 嵐の中で (2018)

phrase Rare #37,295
as for the conversation about/with … 話 refers to a conversation or something someone says; の links it to what the conversation is about or who it is with.
JA: 友達との話は楽しかった。
EN: I enjoyed my conversation with my friend.

この職場は緊張して…おばさんは…おばさんの話は聞き飽きた!

This workplace makes me so tense... and that woman... I’m sick of hearing about her!

— パディントン2 (2017)

今の話は忘れてくれ

Forget what I just said.

— 惑星ソラリス (1972)

自分の趣味の話はしたの?

Did you talk about your hobbies?

phrase Rare #43,242
the story about … Used to introduce or refer to a story or account of events concerning someone or something.
JA: 魔女の話はこれだけです。
EN: That’s all there is to the story about the witch.

スエレンの話は現在に近づいてきた。

The story of Suellen has caught up with the present.

魔女の話はこれだけです

That's all there is to the story about the witch.

— サスペリア (1977)

男たちの話は、それに比べればおとなしいものだった。

The men’s stories were tame by comparison.