しゃべる
N3 shaberu
- to talk
- to chat
- to chatter
godan verbtransitiveintransitive
Also written 喋る
Chinese meanings
说话;聊天;说漏嘴
Examples
- つい彼が病気だということをしゃべってしまった。I've just let slip that he is sick.我不小心说出了他生病的事。
- 彼らは英語をしゃべっていますか。Are they speaking English?他们在说英语吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6b76d0e68b'); // しゃべる
{
"id": "6b76d0e68b",
"word": "しゃべる",
"reading": "しゃべる",
"romaji": "shaberu",
"meanings": [
"to talk",
"to chat",
"to chatter"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vt",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1427510,
"other_forms": [
"喋る"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つい彼が病気だということをしゃべってしまった。",
"furigana": "つい{彼|かれ}が{病気|びょうき}だということをしゃべってしまった。",
"en": "I've just let slip that he is sick.",
"tatoeba_id": 202595
},
{
"ja": "彼らは英語をしゃべっていますか。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}らは{英語|えいご}をしゃべっていますか。",
"en": "Are they speaking English?",
"tatoeba_id": 97511
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "8324845309d0a6bb03b1925a208d38341b2d1db7c3665a962ae8a4a38c310052",
"meanings": [
"说话",
"聊天",
"说漏嘴"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つい彼が病気だということをしゃべってしまった。",
"zh": "我不小心说出了他生病的事。"
},
{
"ja": "彼らは英語をしゃべっていますか。",
"zh": "他们在说英语吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/6b76d0e68b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1427510; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "ef5a8b5d053874a5af90c51bccb2d9a8fa106badbc6a8499001a77999fba2cbc",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}