"変てこ" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [hẽ̞nte̞ko̞]
Etymology: Compound of 変 (hen, “strange, weird, odd”) + てこ (teko). The latter element teko is sometimes spelled in kanji as 梃 (teko, “lever”). However, considering the existence of synonyms with similar phonetics where the latter element is purely used for phonetic effect, the teko here is likely of similar derivation. Consider the second half of English okey dokey, used for phonetic effect. First attested in a text from 1776. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|変|てこ|sort=へんてこ|t1=strange, weird, odd|tr1=hen|tr2=teko}} 変 (hen, “strange, weird, odd”) + てこ (teko), {{cog|en|okey dokey}} English okey dokey Head templates: {{ja-adj|へんてこ|ヘンテコ|infl=な}} 変(へん)てこ or 変(ヘン)てこ • (henteko) -na (adnominal 変(へん)てこな (henteko na), adverbial 変(へん)てこに (henteko ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=へんてこ|lemma=変てこ|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 変てこ [canonical] (ruby: (へん)), 変てこ [canonical] (ruby: (ヘン)), henteko [romanization], 変てこな [adnominal] (ruby: (へん)), 変てこに [adverbial] (ruby: (へん)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 変てこだろ [imperfective, stem], へんてこだろ [imperfective, stem], henteko daro [imperfective], 変てこで [continuative, stem], へんてこで [continuative, stem], henteko de [continuative], 変てこだ [stem, terminative], へんてこだ [stem, terminative], henteko da [terminative], 変てこな [attributive, stem], へんてこな [attributive, stem], henteko na [attributive], 変てこなら [hypothetical, stem], へんてこなら [hypothetical, stem], henteko nara [hypothetical], 変てこであれ [imperative, stem], へんてこであれ [imperative, stem], henteko de are [imperative], 変てこではない [informal, negative], 変てこじゃない [informal, negative], へんてこではない [informal, negative], へんてこじゃない [informal, negative], henteko de wa nai [informal, negative], henteko ja nai [informal, negative], 変てこだった [informal, past], へんてこだった [informal, past], henteko datta [informal, past], 変てこではなかった [informal, negative, past], 変てこじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], へんてこではなかった [informal, negative, past], へんてこじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], henteko de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], henteko ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 変てこです [formal], へんてこです [formal], henteko desu [formal], 変てこではありません [formal, negative], 変てこじゃありません [formal, negative], へんてこではありません [formal, negative], へんてこじゃありません [formal, negative], henteko de wa arimasen [formal, negative], henteko ja arimasen [formal, negative], 変てこでした [formal, past], へんてこでした [formal, past], henteko deshita [formal, past], 変てこではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 変てこじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], へんてこではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], へんてこじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], henteko de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], henteko ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 変てこで [conjunctive], へんてこで [conjunctive], henteko de [conjunctive], 変てこなら(ば) [conditional], へんてこなら(ば) [conditional], henteko nara (ba) [conditional], 変てこだったら [conditional, past], へんてこだったら [conditional, past], henteko dattara [conditional, past], 変てこだろう [volitional], へんてこだろう [volitional], henteko darō [volitional], 変てこに [adverbial], へんてこに [adverbial], henteko ni [adverbial], 変てこさ [noun-from-adj], へんてこさ [noun-from-adj], hentekosa [noun-from-adj]
  1. odd, absurd
    Sense id: en-変てこ-ja-adj-eN3K1r5B Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 95 5

Noun

IPA: [hẽ̞nte̞ko̞] Forms: 変てこ [canonical] (ruby: (へん)), 変てこ [canonical] (ruby: (ヘン)), henteko [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 変 (hen, “strange, weird, odd”) + てこ (teko). The latter element teko is sometimes spelled in kanji as 梃 (teko, “lever”). However, considering the existence of synonyms with similar phonetics where the latter element is purely used for phonetic effect, the teko here is likely of similar derivation. Consider the second half of English okey dokey, used for phonetic effect. First attested in a text from 1776. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|変|てこ|sort=へんてこ|t1=strange, weird, odd|tr1=hen|tr2=teko}} 変 (hen, “strange, weird, odd”) + てこ (teko), {{cog|en|okey dokey}} English okey dokey Head templates: {{ja-noun|へんてこ|ヘンテコ}} 変(へん)てこ or 変(ヘン)てこ • (henteko)
  1. weirdness, something strange Synonyms: 変てこりん (hentekorin) (ruby: (へん)), 変ちき (henchiki) (ruby: (へん)), 変ちきりん (henchikirin) (ruby: (へん)), 変ちくりん (henchikurin) (ruby: (へん)), 妙ちきりん (myōchikirin) (ruby: (みょう))
    Sense id: en-変てこ-ja-noun-4yXubn98

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      "form": "変てこなら",
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      "form": "へんてこなら",
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      "form": "henteko nara",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "変てこであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "へんてこであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "変てこではない",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "変てこじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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      "form": "へんてこではない",
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      "form": "へんてこじゃない",
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      "form": "henteko de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "henteko ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "変てこだった",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "へんてこだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "変てこではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "変てこじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "past"
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        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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      "form": "henteko ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "変てこです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "へんてこです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "henteko desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "変てこじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "へんてこではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "へんてこじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henteko ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "変てこさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "へんてこさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hentekosa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ヘンテコ",
        "infl": "な"
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        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "へんてこ",
        "lemma": "変てこ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
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        "odd, absurd"
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    {
      "other": "へんてこ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[hẽ̞nte̞ko̞]"
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  ],
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      "form": "変てこではない",
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      "form": "henteko desu",
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      "form": "変てこではありません",
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      "form": "へんてこじゃありません",
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      "form": "henteko nara (ba)",
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      "form": "henteko dattara",
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      "form": "変てこだろう",
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      "ipa": "[hẽ̞nte̞ko̞]"
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "変てこ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "変てこ",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.