Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 頓珍漢(とんちんかん) in Japanese

頓珍漢
Kana Reading
とんちんかん, トンチンカン
Romaji
tonchinkan, tonchinkan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
    Example sentence
    先生急に当てられてトンチンカンな答えしてしまった I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Examples of 頓珍漢, とんちんかん, トンチンカン in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

13 strokes

Sino-, China

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 2

9 strokes

rare, curious, strange

On'Yomi: チン

Kun'Yomi: めずら.しい, たから

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14 strokes

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi:

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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

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