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矢鱈
- Kana Reading
- やたら
- Romaji
- yatara
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), adverb taking the `to' particle
- Meaning
- at random; thoughtlessly; recklessly; excessively; impulsively
- Example sentence
- 今日の彼の演説はやたら大げさな言葉が多くて何を言っているのかよくわからなかった。 He used so much inflated language in his speech today I couldn't figure out what he was saying.
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Examples of 矢鱈, やたら in a sentence
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今日の彼の演説はやたら大げさな言葉が多くて何を言っているのかよくわからなかった。
He used so much inflated language in his speech today I couldn't figure out what he was saying.
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しかもやたらと散歩好きで、真冬だというのに、こうして一日二回の散歩は欠かさずに要求してくる。
Moreover she liked walks so much that even in the middle of winter she would come like this to ask to go out twice a day without fail.
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She was profuse in praises.
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She buys shoes indiscriminately.
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He is anxious to know the result.
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He bored me with his endless tales.
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