戯言

戯言
たわごと
nonsense
silly things
ぎげん
ざれごと
joke
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たわごと【戯言】
*nonsense
〖U〗[《英》or a ~] 無意味; ばかげたこと

I won't have any more of this stupid nonsense! もうこんなたわごとはこれでたくさんだ!

stand no nonsense どんなたわごとも聞き捨てにしない;ばかげたまねは許さない

babble
〖U〗[or a ~] 意味のないことを言うこと;たわごと
**wind
〖U〗《略式》[けなして] 空虚[無意味]な話, たわごと

His talk is mere wind. 彼の話はまるでたわごとだ.

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I
ぎげん【戯言】
a joke; a jest.

●戯言的に facetiously; humorously; jokingly; in jest.

II
たわごと【戯言・譫言】
1 〔ばかげたことば〕 silly talk; nonsense; drivel; gibberish; rot; rubbish; 《米》 baloney; bunk; bunkum.

●大たわ言 absolute [downright, sheer, utter] nonsense

・いかれたたわ言 mad ravings.

●その報告書は初めから終わりまでたわ言に等しい. The report is no more than nonsense from beginning to end.

たわ言を言う talk nonsense [rot, rubbish]; say stupid things; prattle (on)

・たわ言を言うな! Don't talk nonsense! | Don't say such stupid things!

2 〔うわごと〕 delirious talk.

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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