also: にょうぜつ
talkativeness; loquacity
Describes a person who talks a lot, often with a nuance of being overly chatty or verbose. Can be used as a noun or na-adjective.
He is a talkative person, and whenever we meet, he never stops talking.
When he drinks, his talkativeness accelerates.
饒舌 is a formal, literary adjective meaning 'garrulous', whereas 口から先に生まれる is a colloquial, image-based idiom implying someone was born to chatter.
talkative person; chatterbox
Standard modern spelling; the most frequent written form.
Alternate kanji form; less common than 冗舌 in modern usage.
Obsolete kana reading; not used in modern Japanese.
The kanji 冗 means 'superfluous' or 'useless', and 舌 means 'tongue', together suggesting 'excessive tongue' or 'too much talking'. The reading じょうぜつ is the standard Sino-Japanese reading.