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でたらめ

N2
detarame
  1. irresponsible utterance
  2. nonsense
  3. nonsensical
  4. random
nounな-adjective

Also written 出鱈目

Chinese meanings

胡说;乱七八糟

Examples

  • 彼かれは本ほん棚だなに本ほんをでたらめに入いれた。
    He put the books on the shelf out of order.
    他把书胡乱放进书架。
  • 彼かれはでたらめな約やく束そくをして彼かの女じょを誘ゆう惑わくした。
    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"
  }
}