Lingaku頭でっかち【あたまでっかち】
Frequency rank: 44,487. – 45,255.
- top-heavy
- big-headed
- overly-theoretical
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- 頭でっかち【あたまでっかち】Frequency rank: 44,487. – 45,255.
- あたまでっかち
Generated definitions (experimental)
- top-heavy
- big-headed
- overly-theoretical
This meaning refers to being overly intellectual or theoretical, often without practical application. It describes someone whose knowledge or ideas are heavily weighted in theory rather than in practical experience.
Just having theories without practice is simply being big-headed.
This sense denotes someone who is conceited or has an inflated sense of their own abilities or knowledge.
She is overly confident in her knowledge and is big-headed.
That man is conceited and thinks he can't be taught by anyone.
This meaning implies an emphasis on speculative ideas without enough value in practical implications, often used when critiquing a person's approach to problem-solving.
Generated collocations (experimental)
あたまでっかち頭でっかちのひと人a big-headed personあたまでっかち頭でっかちなかんがえ考えan overly theoretical ideaあたまでっかち頭でっかちになるto become top-heavyあたまでっかち頭でっかちなぎろん議論a big-headed argumentあたまでっかち頭でっかちなはつげん発言an overly theoretical statementあたまでっかち頭でっかちながくせい学生a big-headed studentあたまでっかち頭でっかちをなおす治すto fix being top-heavyじつむ実務としてのあたまでっかち頭でっかちtop-heavy in practiceあたまでっかち頭でっかちながくもん学問overly theoretical academicsあたまでっかち頭でっかちにひょうか評価するto evaluate in an overly theoretical manner
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