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JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

しゃべる

shaberu

to talk, to chat

Example sentences

  1. 図書室としょしつではしゃべるな。

    Don’t talk in the reading room.

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  2. 喋しゃべるのをやめろ。

    Stop talking.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれはよくしゃべる。

    He talks a lot.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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