めちゃめちゃ

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
滅茶滅茶
目茶目茶

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,[1] 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).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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))

  1. unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered
  2. broken, shattered, in a poor state, appearing broken or messy

Inflection

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

Synonyms

Adverb

めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha) 

  1. (informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly
    Synonym: めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha)
    めちゃめちゃかわいい
    mechamecha kawaii
    too cute; extremely cute

References

  1. ^ “めちゃ‐めちゃPaid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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