Meaning of 珍紛漢紛 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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珍紛漢紛, 珍糞漢糞
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Kana Readingちんぷんかんぷん
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Romajichinpunkanpun
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook
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Example Sentences
珍紛漢紛, 珍糞漢糞, ちんぷんかんぷん used in context
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彼の演説は最初のところが少し理解できたが、残りはちんぷんかんぷんだった。
I could understand the first few sentences, but the rest of his speech was all Greek to me.
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That was all Chinese to me.
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The theory is too abstract for me.
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スペイン語の書き言葉は、ほんのいくらかわかるが、スペイン語の話し言葉ときたら、ちんぷんかんぷんだ。
I can understand written Spanish just a little but spoken Spanish is Greek to me.
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This makes no sense.
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あなたには禍の前兆である壁上の書きものが読めるかもしれないが、私にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。
You may be able to read the handwriting on the wall, but it is Greek to me.
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Kanji found in this word
distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert
On: フン
Kun: まぎ.れる, -まぎ.れ, まぎ.らす, まぎ.らわす, まぎ.らわしい
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