喋る

Japanese
Kanji in this term
喋
しゃべ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Unknown.

Possible analyses include:

Listed in the Nippo Jisho of 1603.[1] Earliest appearance may be in the early 1300s during the Kamakura period.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) しゃべ​る [shàbéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[3]
  • IPA(key): [ɕa̠be̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

喋(しゃべ)る • (shaberu) godan (stem 喋(しゃべ)り (shaberi), past 喋(しゃべ)った (shabetta))

  1. to talk, to speak, to chat, to chatter
    私(わたし)は日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)を喋(しゃべ)ることができる。
    Watashi wa Nihongo o shaberu koto ga dekiru.
    I can speak Japanese.
    彼(かれ)は２(に)時(じ)間(かん)立(た)て続(つづ)けに喋(しゃべ)った。
    Kare wa ni jikan tate tsuzuke ni shabetta.
    He rattled on for two hours on end.
  2. to let secrets out
    このことはめったに喋(しゃべ)ってもらっては困(こま)るよ。
    Kono koto wa metta ni shabette moratte wa komaru yo.
    Be sure to keep your mouth shut about this.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "喋る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 喋ら しゃべら shabera
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 喋り しゃべり shaberi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 喋る しゃべる shaberu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 喋る しゃべる shaberu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 喋れ しゃべれ shabere
Meireikei ("imperative") 喋れ しゃべれ shabere
Key constructions
Passive 喋られる しゃべられる shaberareru
Causative 喋らせる
喋らす		 しゃべらせる
しゃべらす		 shaberaseru
shaberasu
Potential 喋れる しゃべれる shabereru
Volitional 喋ろう しゃべろう shaberō
Negative 喋らない しゃべらない shaberanai
Negative continuative 喋らず しゃべらず shaberazu
Formal 喋ります しゃべります shaberimasu
Perfective 喋った しゃべった shabetta
Conjunctive 喋って しゃべって shabette
Hypothetical conditional 喋れば しゃべれば shabereba

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. 1603, 日葡辞書: パリ本 / Vocabulario da Lingoa de Iapam (Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan) (in Japanese and Portuguese), 1976 reprint, Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here, right-hand column.
  2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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