foolish talk; nonsense; idle chatter
Refers to silly, pointless, or nonsensical talk. Often used in a self-deprecating or dismissive way about one's own or others' rambling.
His talk is always just nonsense, not worth listening to.
Please stop spouting foolish talk during the meeting.
戯言 is closer to 'jest' or 'nonsense' in a playful or frivolous sense, whereas 駄弁 emphasizes the foolishness or pointlessness of the talk.
Standard modern kanji spelling.
Out-dated kanji form using 辯; rarely encountered in modern texts.
Compound of 駄 (da, 'poor, worthless') and 弁 (ben, 'speech, dialect'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word likely emerged as a literary term for worthless or foolish talk.