おしゃべり

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
御喋り
お喋り

Etymology

(o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 喋り (shaberi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 喋る (shaberu).)

Pronunciation

Noun

おしゃべり (oshaberi

  1. idle chatter

Verb

おしゃべりする (oshaberi surusuru (stem おしゃべり (oshaberi shi), past おしゃべりした (oshaberi shita))

  1. to chat idly

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN