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めちゃくちゃ

Kanji
滅茶苦茶
Hepburn romanization
Pitch accent
Adjectival noun

absurd, unreasonable, illogical / incoherent, disorderly, messy / reckless, excessive / ruined, destroyed

The department manager's explanation was illogical, and no one could be convinced by the plan.

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めちゃくちゃ

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjectival noun.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶だろ
Used in forms such as darou.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶で めちゃくちゃに 滅茶苦茶に
Used with de or ni.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶だ
Ends a sentence with da.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶な
Modifies a noun with na.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶なら
Expresses a condition with nara.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶であれ
Used in formal expressions such as de are.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form equivalent
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶で
Connects clauses using de.
Ta-form
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶だった
Expresses the past with datta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶ではない めちゃくちゃじゃない 滅茶苦茶じゃない
Expresses negation with dewa nai or ja nai.
Desu-form
Alternative: 滅茶苦茶です
Used for polite speech.
Notes
  • 表記は「めちゃくちゃ」が一般的。「滅茶苦茶」は漢字表記。
  • 連用形は用法により「めちゃくちゃで」(叙述接続)および「めちゃくちゃに」(副詞的)が用いられる。

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