駄だ弁べん

だ

べ

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

Refers to silly, pointless, or nonsensical talk. Often used in a self-deprecating or dismissive way about one's own or others' rambling.

彼かれの話はなしはいつも駄だ弁べんばかりで、聞きく価か値ちがない。
His talk is always just nonsense, not worth listening to.
会かい議ぎ中ちゅうに駄だ弁べんを弄ろうするのはやめてください。
Please stop spouting foolish talk during the meeting.

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Kanji

駄burdensome, pack horse, horse load
弁valve, petal, braid
辯speech, dialect

Related words

無む駄だ話ばなし
無駄話 is a more common and straightforward word for idle chatter or useless talk, while 駄弁 has a slightly more literary or formal tone.
戯ざれ言ごと
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.

Written forms

駄だ弁べんUsage100%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
駄だ辯べん
out-dated kanji form
Out-dated kanji form using 辯; rarely encountered in modern texts.

Etymology

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.