JLPT N1 · な-adjective

無茶苦茶 (muchakucha)

無茶苦茶 (むちゃくちゃ, muchakucha) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “nonsensical; unreasonable”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: むちゃくちゃ
Romaji: muchakucha
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

nonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic · な-adjective · usually written in kana, four-character idiom
awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless · な-adjective · usually written in kana
disorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up · noun, な-adjective · usually written in kana
very; extremely; excessively · adverb · colloquial, usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼女は泣きながら、彼からの手紙をむちゃくちゃに引き裂いて捨てた。

In tears, she tore up his letter and threw it away.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 無茶苦茶

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無茶苦茶だ	むちゃくちゃだ muchakuchada
Present (polite)	無茶苦茶です	むちゃくちゃです muchakuchadesu
Negative	無茶苦茶じゃない	むちゃくちゃじゃない muchakuchajanai
Past	無茶苦茶だった	むちゃくちゃだった muchakuchadatta
Negative past	無茶苦茶じゃなかった	むちゃくちゃじゃなかった muchakuchajanakatta
Te-form	無茶苦茶で	むちゃくちゃで muchakuchade
Before a noun	無茶苦茶な	むちゃくちゃな muchakuchana
Adverb (~ni)	無茶苦茶に	むちゃくちゃに muchakuchani

Kanji in 無茶苦茶

無

nothingness, none, ain'tム・ブ・な.い · 12 strokes

茶

teaチャ・サ · 9 strokes

苦

suffering, trial, worryク・くる.しい・-ぐる.しい · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無茶苦茶.

無くすなくすto lose (something)無理むりunreasonable無くなるなくなるto be lost (e.g. luggage)無むnothing有無うむexistence or nonexistence無視むしdisregarding無駄むだfutility無料むりょうfree (of charge)無しなしwithout無事ぶじsafety無ぶun-無限むげんinfinity無地むじplain無数むすうinnumerable

Source: JMdict entry 1530680 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.