noun
idle gossip; watercooler talk; content-free chat
Refers to casual, often trivial conversation among neighbors or colleagues, originally evoking women chatting while drawing water from the communal well.
近所の奥さんたちが井戸端会議に花を咲かせている。
The neighborhood ladies are deep in idle gossip.
休憩
Watercooler talk is always going on in the break room.