冗じょう語ご

noun

verbiage; wordiness; tautology; unnecessary talk

Refers to using more words than needed, or repeating the same idea in different words. Can describe both the habit of talking too much and the resulting speech or writing.

• 彼かれの説せつ明めいは冗じょう語ごが多おおくて、要よう点てんがわかりにくい。

  His explanation is full of verbiage, making it hard to grasp the main point.

• 「馬うまから落らく馬ばする」は冗じょう語ごの例れいだ。

  'Falling off a horse from a horse' is an example of tautology.