瑣さ談だん

noun

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.

• 彼かれの瑣さ談だんに付つき合あうのは骨ほねが折おれる。

  It's exhausting to put up with his tedious small talk.

• 会かい議ぎは瑣さ談だんに終しゅう始しし、何なにも決きまらなかった。

  The meeting was nothing but monotonous chatter and nothing was decided.