Translation guide
The quality of using more words than needed; wordiness. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through nouns describing the trait, adjectives for describing speech or writing, and verbs for the act of being verbose.
Describing a person, speech, or writing as using too many words
A common noun/adjective meaning 'verbose' or 'redundant'. Used for speech, writing, or explanations that are unnecessarily long.
Describing the action of speaking or writing in a verbose manner
A verb phrase meaning 'to talk on and on' or 'to speak verbosely'. The adverb くどくど emphasizes repetitiveness and long-windedness.
冗長 is more formal and can be used for both speech and writing. くどい is more colloquial and often carries a negative emotional tone, implying the speaker is annoyed by the repetitiveness.
The English word 'verbosity' is a noun, but directly translating it as 冗長性 or 冗言 is uncommon in natural Japanese. It's more natural to use adjectives like 冗長な or くどい, or verb phrases like くどくど話す.
彼の説明は冗長だ。
His explanation is verbose.
You should avoid verbose writing.
An adjective meaning 'verbose', 'repetitive', or 'long-winded'. Often used for speech that goes on and on, sometimes with a negative nuance of being tiresome.
His stories are always long-winded.
I don't want to hear a verbose explanation.
A noun/adjective meaning 'diffuse' or 'verbose', often used in literary or formal contexts to describe writing that is long-winded and lacking conciseness.
This novel is verbose.
An adjective meaning 'long-winded' or 'tediously long'. Stronger colloquial nuance, often implying annoyance.
It was a long-winded speech.
A noun meaning 'verbosity' or 'redundant words'. More technical and less common in everyday speech.
Omit verbosity and state the main point.
He verbosely stated his opinion.
A phrase meaning 'to speak verbosely'. More formal than くどくど話す.
He always speaks verbosely.
A phrase meaning 'to write at length' or 'to write verbosely'. Often used for writing that is unnecessarily long.
He wrote the report verbosely.