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しゃべくり漫才 (shabekurimanzai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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That duo is gaining popularity with their dialogue-based manzai.
In dialogue-based manzai, snappy back-and-forth is everything.
Kanji 漫 cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained 才 genius, years old, cubic shaku Related words 漫まん 才ざい The general term for Japanese stand-up comedy duos. しゃべくり漫才 specifies a sub-style focused on spoken dialogue, as opposed to skit-based manzai.
しゃべくる The verb meaning 'to chatter on' or 'to talk a lot', from which しゃべくり is derived.
Etymology Compound of しゃべくり (from the verb しゃべくる, 'to chatter on') and 漫才 (manzai, a traditional Japanese comedy duo format).