おしゃべり

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

  • (Tokyo) しゃべり [òsháꜜbèrì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɕa̠be̞ɾʲi]

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