"めちゃめちゃ" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]
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, or a shift from 無茶(むちゃ) (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). Etymology templates: {{unc|ja}} Uncertain, {{reduplication|ja|滅茶|nocap=1|tr=mecha}} reduplication of 滅茶 (mecha), {{ja-r|無茶|むちゃ}} 無茶(むちゃ) (mucha), {{ja-r|むちゃくちゃ}} むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha), {{ja-r|ぐちゃぐちゃ}} ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=na}} 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)) 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=|lemma=めちゃめちゃ|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: mechamecha [romanization], めちゃめちゃな [adnominal], めちゃめちゃに [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], めちゃめちゃだろ [imperfective, stem], mechamecha daro [imperfective, stem], めちゃめちゃで [continuative, stem], mechamecha de [continuative, stem], めちゃめちゃだ [stem, terminative], mechamecha da [stem, terminative], めちゃめちゃな [attributive, stem], mechamecha na [attributive, stem], めちゃめちゃなら [hypothetical, stem], mechamecha nara [hypothetical, stem], めちゃめちゃであれ [imperative, stem], mechamecha de are [imperative, stem], めちゃめちゃではない [informal, negative], めちゃめちゃじゃない [informal, negative], mechamecha de wa nai [informal, negative], mechamecha ja nai [informal, negative], めちゃめちゃだった [informal, past], mechamecha datta [informal, past], めちゃめちゃではなかった [informal, negative, past], めちゃめちゃじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], mechamecha de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], mechamecha ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], めちゃめちゃです [formal], mechamecha desu [formal], めちゃめちゃではありません [formal, negative], めちゃめちゃじゃありません [formal, negative], mechamecha de wa arimasen [formal, negative], mechamecha ja arimasen [formal, negative], めちゃめちゃでした [formal, past], mechamecha deshita [formal, past], めちゃめちゃではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], めちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], mechamecha de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], mechamecha ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], めちゃめちゃで [conjunctive], mechamecha de [conjunctive], めちゃめちゃなら(ば) [conditional], mechamecha nara (ba) [conditional], めちゃめちゃだったら [conditional, past], mechamecha dattara [conditional, past], めちゃめちゃだろう [volitional], mechamecha darō [volitional], めちゃめちゃに [adverbial], mechamecha ni [adverbial], めちゃめちゃさ [noun-from-adj], mechamechasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered
    Sense id: en-めちゃめちゃ-ja-adj-gP8rYuZB
  2. broken, shattered, in a poor state, appearing broken or messy
    Sense id: en-めちゃめちゃ-ja-adj-k9OUN0iM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha), むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha)

Adverb

IPA: [me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠] Forms: mechamecha [romanization]
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, or a shift from 無茶(むちゃ) (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). Etymology templates: {{unc|ja}} Uncertain, {{reduplication|ja|滅茶|nocap=1|tr=mecha}} reduplication of 滅茶 (mecha), {{ja-r|無茶|むちゃ}} 無茶(むちゃ) (mucha), {{ja-r|むちゃくちゃ}} むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha), {{ja-r|ぐちゃぐちゃ}} ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha)
  1. (informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly Tags: informal Synonyms: めちゃくちゃ
    Sense id: en-めちゃめちゃ-ja-adv-SDGteyeW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese reduplications, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 13 79 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 8 13 80 Disambiguation of Japanese reduplications: 0 4 96 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 12 81 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 8 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 6 89
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      "form": "mechamecha",
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃな",
      "roman": "mechamecha na",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃだろ",
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      "form": "mechamecha daro",
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃで",
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃだ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "mechamecha da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃな",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "mechamecha na",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃなら",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "mechamecha nara",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "めちゃめちゃであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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      "form": "mechamecha de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamechasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
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        "infl": "na"
      },
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      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
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        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
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        "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": "",
        "lemma": "めちゃめちゃ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered"
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      "id": "en-めちゃめちゃ-ja-adj-k9OUN0iM",
      "links": [
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          "shattered",
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mechakucha",
      "word": "めちゃくちゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "muchakucha",
      "word": "むちゃくちゃ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "めちゃめちゃ"
}

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        "(informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly"
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      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
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        "2": "滅茶",
        "nocap": "1",
        "tr": "mecha"
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      "expansion": "reduplication of 滅茶 (mecha)",
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    {
      "form": "mechamecha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃな",
      "roman": "mechamecha na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃに",
      "roman": "mechamecha ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamecha ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "めちゃめちゃさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mechamechasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "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))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "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": "",
        "lemma": "めちゃめちゃ",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unreasonable",
          "unreasonable"
        ],
        [
          "unthinking",
          "unthinking"
        ],
        [
          "messy",
          "messy"
        ],
        [
          "disordered",
          "disordered"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "broken, shattered, in a poor state, appearing broken or messy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "broken",
          "broken"
        ],
        [
          "shattered",
          "shattered"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mechakucha",
      "word": "めちゃくちゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muchakucha",
      "word": "むちゃくちゃ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "めちゃめちゃ"
}

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      "name": "reduplication"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ぐちゃぐちゃ"
      },
      "expansion": "ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha)",
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  "etymology_text": "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, or a shift from 無茶(むちゃ) (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).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mechamecha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adverb"
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      "expansion": "めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha)",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese informal terms",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "too cute; extremely cute",
          "roman": "mechamecha kawaii",
          "text": "めちゃめちゃかわいい",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly"
      ],
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        [
          "extraordinarily",
          "extraordinarily"
        ],
        [
          "extraordinary",
          "extraordinary"
        ],
        [
          "terribly",
          "terribly"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "めちゃくちゃ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "めちゃめちゃ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for めちゃめちゃ meaning in Japanese (10.2kB)

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