🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
つべこべ : tsubekobe | define meaning
tsubekobe
Definition
Adverb
- Complaining; objecting; bellyaching
- つべこべいうな【つべこべ言うな】
tsubekobe iu na
"Quit complaining", "No complaints"
- つべこべいうな【つべこべ言うな】
- Babbling; rambling; talking nonsense
- Nitpicking; carping
Etymology
First translated as "talking much and long; babbling; garrulous" by James Curtis Hepburn in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), page 557.
意味：つべこべ