tedious small talk; monotonous chatter
Refers to overly detailed, trivial, and wearisome conversation. A literary and somewhat rare term; in modern Japanese, expressions like つまらない話 or 退屈な会話 are more common.
It's exhausting to put up with his tedious small talk.
The meeting was nothing but monotonous chatter and nothing was decided.
Composed of 瑣 (さ, 'trivial, petty') and 談 (だん, 'talk, conversation'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a standard Sino-Japanese compounding pattern.