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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

めちゃくちゃ

N2
mechakucha
  1. absurd
  2. unreasonable
  3. excessive
  4. messed up
  5. spoiled
  6. wreaked
な-adjectivenoun

Also written 滅茶苦茶

Chinese meanings

非常;乱七八糟

Examples

  • めちゃくちゃアホくさいミスでした。
    It was a very foolish mistake.
    那是个极其愚蠢的错误。
  • 仕し事ごとがめちゃくちゃ忙いそがしかったんです。
    I've been snowed under with work lately.
    工作忙得不得了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a3c5f7dcf6'); // めちゃくちゃ
{
  "id": "a3c5f7dcf6",
  "word": "めちゃくちゃ",
  "reading": "めちゃくちゃ",
  "romaji": "mechakucha",
  "meanings": [
    "absurd",
    "unreasonable",
    "excessive",
    "messed up",
    "spoiled",
    "wreaked"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1533000,
  "other_forms": [
    "滅茶苦茶"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "めちゃくちゃアホくさいミスでした。",
      "en": "It was a very foolish mistake.",
      "tatoeba_id": 11029378
    },
    {
      "ja": "仕事がめちゃくちゃ忙しかったんです。",
      "furigana": "{仕事|しごと}がめちゃくちゃ{忙|いそが}しかったんです。",
      "en": "I've been snowed under with work lately.",
      "tatoeba_id": 169192
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e158ccaad48c3cd891a895b52a458dc59156f8fa21b920c01315943b91f0f729",
    "meanings": [
      "非常",
      "乱七八糟"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "めちゃくちゃアホくさいミスでした。",
        "zh": "那是个极其愚蠢的错误。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "仕事がめちゃくちゃ忙しかったんです。",
        "zh": "工作忙得不得了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/a3c5f7dcf6",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1533000; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "830ee2906ef04d351094651cab4ef687c55b900afe7bcc1800fa8f0f8f3fef43"
  }
}