Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
(ateji)
たら
Hyōgaiji
(ateji)

Grade: 1
(ateji)
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “博徒間の隠語で、賽の目の出るままを意味する「出たら(その)目」からといわれる。「出鱈目」は、当て字。”)

The kanji are ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

()(たら)() or 出鱈目(デタラメ) (detarame-na (adnominal ()(たら)() (detarame na), adverbial ()(たら)() (detarame ni))

  1. nonsensical
  2. haphazard

Noun edit

()(たら)() or 出鱈目(デタラメ) (detarame

  1. irresponsible utterance
  2. haphazardness

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN