めちゃめちゃ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
滅茶滅茶 目茶目茶

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps reduplication of 滅茶 (mecha), which may in turn come from a notion of tea ceremony as a means to quiet a disordered or unreasonable state, or a shift from 無茶(むちゃ) (mucha) ("absurd"; superficially "without tea"). Alternately, it may be ideophonic, with sound-symbolic rather than referential origins; compare むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha), ぐちゃぐちゃ (guchagucha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [me̞t͡ɕa̠me̞t͡ɕa̠]

Adjective

めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha) -na (adnominal めちゃめちゃな (mechamecha na), adverbial めちゃめちゃに (mechamecha ni))

1. unreasonable, unthinking, messy, disordered
2. broken, shattered, in a poor state, appearing broken or messy

Inflection

Inflection of めちゃめちゃ

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	めちゃめちゃだろ	mechamecha daro
Continuative (連用形)	めちゃめちゃで	mechamecha de
Terminal (終止形)	めちゃめちゃだ	mechamecha da
Attributive (連体形)	めちゃめちゃな	mechamecha na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	めちゃめちゃなら	mechamecha nara
Imperative (命令形)	めちゃめちゃであれ	mechamecha de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	めちゃめちゃではない めちゃめちゃじゃない	mechamecha de wa nai mechamecha ja nai
Informal past	めちゃめちゃだった	mechamecha datta
Informal negative past	めちゃめちゃではなかった めちゃめちゃじゃなかった	mechamecha de wa nakatta mechamecha ja nakatta
Formal	めちゃめちゃです	mechamecha desu
Formal negative	めちゃめちゃではありません めちゃめちゃじゃありません	mechamecha de wa arimasen mechamecha ja arimasen
Formal past	めちゃめちゃでした	mechamecha deshita
Formal negative past	めちゃめちゃではありませんでした めちゃめちゃじゃありませんでした	mechamecha de wa arimasen deshita mechamecha ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	めちゃめちゃで	mechamecha de
Conditional	めちゃめちゃなら（ば）	mechamecha nara (ba)
Provisional	めちゃめちゃだったら	mechamecha dattara
Volitional	めちゃめちゃだろう	mechamecha darō
Adverbial	めちゃめちゃに	mechamecha ni
Degree	めちゃめちゃさ	mechamechasa

Synonyms

• めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha)
• むちゃくちゃ (muchakucha)

Adverb

めちゃめちゃ • (mechamecha) 

1. (informal) extraordinarily, to an extraordinary degree, terribly

   Synonym: めちゃくちゃ (mechakucha)

   めちゃめちゃかわいい

   mechamecha kawaii

   too cute; extremely cute