はちゃめちゃ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
破茶滅茶

Etymology

Compare めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちゃめちゃ [hàcháméchá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]

Adjective

はちゃめちゃ • (hachamecha-na (adnominal はちゃめちゃ (hachamecha na), adverbial はちゃめちゃ (hachamecha ni))

  1. absurd, incoherent, preposterous
    KND ハチャメチャ(だい)(さく)(せん)Kei-Enu-Di: Hachamecha DaisakusenKND: The Great Nonsensical Operations
  2. extreme, reckless, wanton
  3. confusing, messy

Inflection

Noun

はちゃめちゃ • (hachamecha (uncountable)

  1. a confusion, disorder
  2. a mess, wreck

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN