Lingakuちんぷんかん
- babble; gibberish; gobbledygook; gobbledegookword usually written using kana alone
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- babble
- gibberish
- gobbledygook
This meaning refers to nonsensical or meaningless talk, often used when someone is speaking in a confusing or incomprehensible way.
He was babbling nonsense, and no one could understand him.
This meaning is used to describe speech or writing that is hard to understand because it contains a mix of jargon, convoluted expressions, or is simply incoherent.
The computer manual was gobbledygook, and I couldn't figure out how to use it.
This meaning conveys the idea of language that is intentionally complicated or filled with jargon, making it difficult for the average person to understand.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ちんぷんかんぷんnonsense; gibberishちんぷんかんぷんのはなし話a nonsensical storyちんぷんかんぷんにきこえる聞こえるto sound like gibberishちんぷんかんぷんをゆう言うto speak nonsenseちんぷんかんぷんになるto become gibberishちんぷんかんぷんのせつめい説明gobbledygook explanationはなし話がちんぷんかんぷんだthe talk is nonsensicalちんぷんかんぷんであるto be gibberishちんぷんかんぷんをりかい理解するto understand gibberishちんぷんかんぷんにするto make something sound like nonsense