JLPT N2 · な-adjective

でたらめ (detarame)

でたらめ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “nonsense; irresponsible remark”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: でたらめ
Romaji: detarame
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; hogwash; rubbish · noun, な-adjective · usually written in kana
random; haphazard; unsystematic · な-adjective, noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼はでたらめな約束をして彼女を誘惑した。

He seduced her with false promises.

Tatoeba #111833

彼は本棚に本をでたらめに入れた。

He put the books on the shelf out of order.

Tatoeba #99883

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

Conjugation of でたらめ

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	でたらめだ	でたらめだ detarameda
Present (polite)	でたらめです	でたらめです detaramedesu
Negative	でたらめじゃない	でたらめじゃない detaramejanai
Past	でたらめだった	でたらめだった detaramedatta
Negative past	でたらめじゃなかった	でたらめじゃなかった detaramejanakatta
Te-form	でたらめで	でたらめで detaramede
Before a noun	でたらめな	でたらめな detaramena
Adverb (~ni)	でたらめに	でたらめに detarameni

Source: JMdict entry 1339630 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.