"やたら" meaning in 日本語

See やたら in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective or Noun

Forms: やたら, だろ [imperfective], だっ [continuative], [continuative], [continuative], [terminal], [attributive], なら [hypothetical], (無し) [imperative], やたらだろう, 未然形 + う, やたらだった [past, completive], 連用形 + た [past, completive], やたらでない [negative], 連用形 + ない [negative], やたらになる [intransitive], 連用形 + なる [intransitive], やたらだ [definitive], 終止形のみ [definitive], やたらなこと [noun-from-verb], 連体形 + こと [noun-from-verb], やたらならば, 仮定形 + ば, やたらそうだ, 語幹 + そうだ
  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: ja-やたら-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 無闇 (ruby: 無闇(むやみ)), みだり, 無作為に, でたらめ, やたらめったら, やたらじま, やたらづけ Translations: excessively (英語), at random (英語)

Noun

  1. 度を越えている様子。
    Sense id: ja-やたら-ja-noun-IpKj5yAN
  2. これと定めず手当たり次第な様子。
    Sense id: ja-やたら-ja-noun-Sa0TzsCz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 副詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 名詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "雅楽における「八多羅拍子(やたらびょうし)」より。八多羅拍子は二拍子と三拍子を組み合わせたテンポの速い拍子で乱れやすいことから。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "度を越えている様子。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-やたら-ja-noun-IpKj5yAN"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "これと定めず手当たり次第な様子。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-やたら-ja-noun-Sa0TzsCz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やたら"
}

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "雅楽における「八多羅拍子(やたらびょうし)」より。八多羅拍子は二拍子と三拍子を組み合わせたテンポの速い拍子で乱れやすいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "やたら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "ja-やたら-ja-adj_noun-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無闇",
          "むやみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無闇"
    },
    {
      "word": "みだり"
    },
    {
      "word": "無作為に"
    },
    {
      "word": "でたらめ"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらめったら"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらじま"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらづけ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "excessively"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "at random"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やたら"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 副詞",
    "日本語 名詞"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "雅楽における「八多羅拍子(やたらびょうし)」より。八多羅拍子は二拍子と三拍子を組み合わせたテンポの速い拍子で乱れやすいことから。"
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "度を越えている様子。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "これと定めず手当たり次第な様子。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "やたら"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 形容動詞",
    "日本語 形容動詞 ダ活用"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "雅楽における「八多羅拍子(やたらびょうし)」より。八多羅拍子は二拍子と三拍子を組み合わせたテンポの速い拍子で乱れやすいことから。"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "やたら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用",
        "語幹"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だろ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だっ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "で",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "に",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "だ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "terminal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "な",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "なら",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(無し)",
      "raw_tags": [
        "ダ活用"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだろう",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "未然形 + う",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "推量・意志"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだった",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + た",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "completive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらでない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + ない",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらになる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連用形 + なる",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "終止形のみ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "definitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらなこと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "連体形 + こと",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらならば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "仮定形 + ば",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "仮定条件"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やたらそうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "語形",
        "様態"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "語幹 + そうだ",
      "raw_tags": [
        "各活用形の基礎的な結合例",
        "結合",
        "様態"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj_noun",
  "pos_title": "形容動詞",
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無闇",
          "むやみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "無闇"
    },
    {
      "word": "みだり"
    },
    {
      "word": "無作為に"
    },
    {
      "word": "でたらめ"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらめったら"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらじま"
    },
    {
      "word": "やたらづけ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "excessively"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "at random"
    }
  ],
  "word": "やたら"
}

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