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Meaning of 支離滅裂 in Japanese
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支離滅裂
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Kana Readingしりめつれつ
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Romajishirimetsuretsu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
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Kanji in this word
滅
JLPT 1
13 strokes
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perish
On'Yomi: メツ
Kun'Yomi: ほろ.びる, ほろ.ぶ, ほろ.ぼす
離
JLPT 1
18 strokes
detach, separation, disjoin, digress
On'Yomi: リ
Kun'Yomi: はな.れる, はな.す
支
JLPT 3
4 strokes
branch, support, sustain, branch radical (no. 65)
On'Yomi: シ
Kun'Yomi: ささ.える, つか.える, か.う