JLPT N1 · な-adjective

無茶 (mucha)

無茶 (むちゃ, mucha) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “absurd; unreasonable”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

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

Meaning

absurd; unreasonable; ridiculous · な-adjective, noun · むっちゃ is dialectal
rash; reckless · な-adjective, noun
excessive; immoderate; extreme · な-adjective, noun
very; extremely; excessively · adverb

Example sentences

君がそれをたった一人でやろうなんてむちゃだ。

You are mad to try to do it all alone.

Tatoeba #179144

冬にその山に登るなんて彼は無茶だ。

He'd be crazy to climb the mountain in winter.

Tatoeba #124381

無茶しなければよかった。

I shouldn't have overdone it.

Tatoeba #80898

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

Conjugation of 無茶

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	無茶だ	むちゃだ muchada
Present (polite)	無茶です	むちゃです muchadesu
Negative	無茶じゃない	むちゃじゃない muchajanai
Past	無茶だった	むちゃだった muchadatta
Negative past	無茶じゃなかった	むちゃじゃなかった muchajanakatta
Te-form	無茶で	むちゃで muchade
Before a noun	無茶な	むちゃな muchana
Adverb (~ni)	無茶に	むちゃに muchani

Kanji in 無茶

無

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

茶

teaチャ・サ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 無茶.

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 1530670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.