よたばなし

Japanese

Alternative spelling
与太話

Etymology

From 与太(よた) (yota) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) よたばなし [yòtábáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ta̠ba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

よたばなし • (yotabanashi) ^{←よたばなし (yotabanasi)?}

1. nonsensical talk