Japanese symbol for “chatter”
喋る
しゃべる
Romaji: shaberu
to talk; to chat; to chatter
In Japanese, chatter is 喋る, read しゃべる (shaberu).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- v5r, vi, vt to talk; to chat; to chatter
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “chatter”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 無駄口 | むだぐち mudaguchi | chatter; idle talk |
| 冗言 | じょうげん jougen | chatter; useless words |
| 無駄言 | むだごと mudagoto | chatter; idle talk |
| ビビリ | ビビリ bibiri | chatter (undesirable vibration in machine tools) |
| ぺちゃぺちゃ | ぺちゃぺちゃ pechapecha | chatter; prattle |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| お喋り | おしゃべり oshaberi | chattering; talk; idle talk |
| 喋り | しゃべり shaberi | talk; chat |
| 喋々喃々 | ちょうちょうなんなん chouchounannan | billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers |
| 喋くり | しゃべくり shabekuri | chatting without a break; talking without pause |
| 喋くる | しゃべくる shabekuru | to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on |
See also: Chinese symbol for “chatter”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.