Translation guide
Expressions for incoherent, feverish, or nonsensical speech, often due to illness, confusion, or strong emotion.
To describe speech that is confused and incoherent because of a high fever or serious illness.
To describe speech that is wildly illogical, confused, or meaningless, not necessarily from illness.
Describes incoherent, disjointed talk. Often used when someone is extremely upset, drunk, or confused.
彼は支離滅裂なことを言っていた。
He was talking deliriously (incoherently).
To describe speech that is overly excited, rapturous, or seemingly out of control due to strong emotion.
To talk in an ecstatic, deliriously happy way. Literally 'to be in seventh heaven and talk'.
彼女は有頂天になってそのニュースを話した。
She talked about the news in a delirious (ecstatic) way.
The English phrase 'delirious talk' does not have a single fixed equivalent. Choose the Japanese expression based on the cause: fever, confusion, or excitement.
The most common and natural word for delirious talk caused by fever or illness. Can also refer to sleep-talking.
熱でうわ言を言っている。
He's talking deliriously from the fever.
彼女はうわ言のように繰り返した。
She repeated it as if in a delirium.
Verb meaning to have a nightmare or to talk/moan in one's sleep due to distress, often associated with feverish states.
昨夜は熱でうなされていた。
Last night I was delirious with fever.
A more technical or literary term for delirious speech. Rare in everyday conversation.
患者は譫言を言い続けた。
The patient kept talking deliriously.
A common, casual way to say someone is talking nonsense or saying things that don't make sense.
熱のせいでわけのわからないことを言っている。
He's talking nonsense because of the fever.
Means 'nonsense' or 'rubbish'. Can be used for delirious talk but is more often used to dismiss someone's opinion as foolish.
そんなたわごとはやめろ。
Stop that delirious talk (nonsense).
To talk excitedly and absorbedly, as if in a trance. Conveys being carried away by emotion.
彼は夢中で自分の計画をしゃべった。
He talked deliriously about his plans.