めちゃめちゃ
Japanese
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 滅茶滅茶 目茶目茶 |
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps reduplication of 滅茶 (mecha), which may in turn come from a notion of tea ceremony as a means to quiet a disordered or unreasonable state,[1] or a shift from 無茶 (mucha) ("absurd"; superficially "without tea"). Alternately, it may be ideophonic, with sound-symbolic rather than referential origins; compare むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha), ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]
Adjective
めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha) -na (adnominal めちゃめちゃな (mechamecha na), adverbial めちゃめちゃに (mechamecha ni))
- unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered
- broken, shattered, in a poor state, appearing broken or messy
Inflection
Inflection of めちゃめちゃ
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | めちゃめちゃだろ | mechamecha daro | |
| Continuative (連用形) | めちゃめちゃで | mechamecha de | |
| Terminal (終止形) | めちゃめちゃだ | mechamecha da | |
| Attributive (連体形) | めちゃめちゃな | mechamecha na | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | めちゃめちゃなら | mechamecha nara | |
| Imperative (命令形) | めちゃめちゃであれ | mechamecha de are | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Informal negative | めちゃめちゃではない めちゃめちゃじゃない |
mechamecha de wa nai mechamecha ja nai | |
| Informal past | めちゃめちゃだった | mechamecha datta | |
| Informal negative past | めちゃめちゃではなかった めちゃめちゃじゃなかった |
mechamecha de wa nakatta mechamecha ja nakatta | |
| Formal | めちゃめちゃです | mechamecha desu | |
| Formal negative | めちゃめちゃではありません めちゃめちゃじゃありません |
mechamecha de wa arimasen mechamecha ja arimasen | |
| Formal past | めちゃめちゃでした | mechamecha deshita | |
| Formal negative past | めちゃめちゃではありませんでした めちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした |
mechamecha de wa arimasen deshita mechamecha ja arimasen deshita | |
| Conjunctive | めちゃめちゃで | mechamecha de | |
| Conditional | めちゃめちゃなら(ば) | mechamecha nara (ba) | |
| Provisional | めちゃめちゃだったら | mechamecha dattara | |
| Volitional | めちゃめちゃだろう | mechamecha darō | |
| Adverbial | めちゃめちゃに | mechamecha ni | |
| Degree | めちゃめちゃさ | mechamechasa | |
Synonyms
Adverb
めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha)
- (informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly
- Synonym: めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha)
- めちゃめちゃかわいい
- mechamecha kawaii
- too cute; extremely cute
References
- ^ “めちゃ‐めちゃ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here