でたらめ
N2 detarame
- irresponsible utterance
- nonsense
- nonsensical
- random
nounな-adjective
Also written 出鱈目
Chinese meanings
胡说;乱七八糟
Examples
- 彼は本棚に本をでたらめに入れた。He put the books on the shelf out of order.他把书胡乱放进书架。
- 彼はでたらめな約束をして彼女を誘惑した。He seduced her with false promises.他作出不靠谱的承诺来诱惑她。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('015a7731d2'); // でたらめ
{
"id": "015a7731d2",
"word": "でたらめ",
"reading": "でたらめ",
"romaji": "detarame",
"meanings": [
"irresponsible utterance",
"nonsense",
"nonsensical",
"random"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n",
"adj-na"
],
"jmdict_id": 1339630,
"other_forms": [
"出鱈目"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は本棚に本をでたらめに入れた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{本棚|ほんだな}に{本|ほん}をでたらめに{入|い}れた。",
"en": "He put the books on the shelf out of order.",
"tatoeba_id": 99883
},
{
"ja": "彼はでたらめな約束をして彼女を誘惑した。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はでたらめな{約束|やくそく}をして{彼女|かのじょ}を{誘惑|ゆうわく}した。",
"en": "He seduced her with false promises.",
"tatoeba_id": 111833
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c39cbac86a16e484d2a45b4ac90a41b96586f0ca11f6831eebfe4eca1684a3ea",
"meanings": [
"胡说",
"乱七八糟"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は本棚に本をでたらめに入れた。",
"zh": "他把书胡乱放进书架。"
},
{
"ja": "彼はでたらめな約束をして彼女を誘惑した。",
"zh": "他作出不靠谱的承诺来诱惑她。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/015a7731d2",
"JMdict ent_seq 1339630; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "75abb326677a3067d0d8ab2813a7e916573c6c96bc85757bb96cce2b3563e1fb"
}
}