Word details

だべる

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word だべる.

Dictionary

Entry

だべる駄弁るダベるIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #45591
1

Colloquial

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

Examples
ダベってないで仕事しろ。
Stop shooting the breeze and get to work!

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

駄

burdensome, pack horse, horse load, send by horse, trivial, worthless

14 strokesFrequency 1,500JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ダタ
弁

valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

5 strokesFrequency 619JLPT N1Grade 5

On

ベンヘン

Kun

かんむりわきま.えるわ.けるはなびらあらそ.う

Nanori

べ

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