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Meaning of 頓珍漢 in Japanese
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頓珍漢
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Kana Readingとんちんかん, トンチンカン
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Romajitonchinkan, tonchinkan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
- Example sentence
- 先生に急に当てられて、トンチンカンな答えをしてしまった。 I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.
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Examples of 頓珍漢, とんちんかん, トンチンカン in a sentence
Kanji in this word
頓
13 strokes
suddenly, immediately, in a hurry
On'Yomi: トン, トツ
Kun'Yomi: にわか.に, とん.と, つまず.く, とみ.に, ぬかずく