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無茶苦茶 (むちゃくちゃ): confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable — Japanese vocabulary

無茶苦茶 is read むちゃくちゃ and means "confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

無茶苦茶

Reading
むちゃくちゃ · muchakucha
Translation
confused, jumbled, mixed up, unreasonable
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
むちゃくちゃが

Example

彼女は泣きながら、彼からの手紙をむちゃくちゃに引き裂いて捨てた。

かのじょはなきながら、かれからのてがみをむちゃくちゃにひきさいてすてた。

In tears, she tore up his letter and threw it away.

Kanji in this word

  • 無 — nothing, without
  • 茶 — tea
  • 苦 — painful, bitter

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