頓珍漢 | Japanese meaning

とんちんかん

Frequency rank: – (for form 頓珍漢: 45,256. – 46,118.)

Also【とんちんかん・トンチンカン】トンチンカン

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevanceword usually written using kana alone

Example sentences3 results

I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Tatoeba

My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

Tatoeba

とんちんかん

Frequency rank: – (for form 頓珍漢: 45,256. – 46,118.)

Also【とんちんかん・トンチンカン】トンチンカン

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevanceword usually written using kana alone

Example sentences3 results

I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Tatoeba

My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

Tatoeba

頓

常用

意suddenly; immediately; in a hurry; arrange; stay in place; bow; kowtow

訓にわか.に、とん.と、つまず.く、とみ.に、ぬかずく

音トン、トツ

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珍

N2常用

意rare; curious; strange

訓めずら.しい、たから

音チン

名じん

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漢

N43

意Sino-; China

音カン

名はん

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とんちんかん

Frequency rank: – (for form 頓珍漢: 45,256. – 46,118.)

Also【とんちんかん・トンチンカン】トンチンカン

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevanceword usually written using kana alone

Example sentences3 results

I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Tatoeba

My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

Tatoeba

とんちんかん

Frequency rank: – (for form 頓珍漢: 45,256. – 46,118.)

Also【とんちんかん・トンチンカン】トンチンカン

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevanceword usually written using kana alone

Example sentences3 results

I gave an answer that was way out in left field when the teacher caught me off-guard and called on me.

Tatoeba

My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

Tatoeba

頓

常用

意suddenly; immediately; in a hurry; arrange; stay in place; bow; kowtow

訓にわか.に、とん.と、つまず.く、とみ.に、ぬかずく

音トン、トツ

Details

珍

N2常用

意rare; curious; strange

訓めずら.しい、たから

音チン

名じん

Details

漢

N43

意Sino-; China

音カン

名はん

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