はちゃめちゃ

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Japanese

Alternative spelling
破茶滅茶

Etymology

Compare めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha).

Pronunciation

Adjective

はちゃめちゃ • (hachamecha) -na (adnominal はちゃめちゃな (hachamecha na), adverbial はちゃめちゃに (hachamecha ni))

  1. absurd, incoherent, preposterous
    『KND ハチャメチャ大(だい)作(さく)戦(せん)』 ― Kei-Enu-Di: Hachamecha Daisakusen ― KND: The Great Nonsensical Operations
  2. extreme, reckless, wanton
  3. confusing, messy

Inflection

Inflection of はちゃめちゃ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) はちゃめちゃだろ hachamecha daro
Continuative (連用形) はちゃめちゃで hachamecha de
Terminal (終止形) はちゃめちゃだ hachamecha da
Attributive (連体形) はちゃめちゃな hachamecha na
Hypothetical (仮定形) はちゃめちゃなら hachamecha nara
Imperative (命令形) はちゃめちゃであれ hachamecha de are
Key constructions
Informal negative はちゃめちゃではない
はちゃめちゃじゃない 		hachamecha de wa nai
hachamecha ja nai
Informal past はちゃめちゃだった hachamecha datta
Informal negative past はちゃめちゃではなかった
はちゃめちゃじゃなかった 		hachamecha de wa nakatta
hachamecha ja nakatta
Formal はちゃめちゃです hachamecha desu
Formal negative はちゃめちゃではありません
はちゃめちゃじゃありません 		hachamecha de wa arimasen
hachamecha ja arimasen
Formal past はちゃめちゃでした hachamecha deshita
Formal negative past はちゃめちゃではありませんでした
はちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした 		hachamecha de wa arimasen deshita
hachamecha ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive はちゃめちゃで hachamecha de
Conditional はちゃめちゃなら（ば） hachamecha nara (ba)
Provisional はちゃめちゃだったら hachamecha dattara
Volitional はちゃめちゃだろう hachamecha darō
Adverbial はちゃめちゃに hachamecha ni
Degree はちゃめちゃさ hachamechasa

Noun

はちゃめちゃ • (hachamecha)  (uncountable)

  1. a confusion, disorder
  2. a mess, wreck

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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