Word details

突拍子もない

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 突拍子もない.

Dictionary

Entry

突拍子もない突拍子も無いとっぴょうしもない~い Adj.ExpressionFreq #14488
1

astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous; absurd; abnormal; quixotic

Examples
トムと飲みに行くんだったら、突拍子もないホラを吹くだろうから、覚悟した方がいいよ。
If you go drinking with Tom, be prepared to listen to some pretty outlandish cock and bull stories.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

stab, protruding, thrust, pierce, prick, collision, sudden

8 strokesFrequency 521JLPT N2Grade 8

On

トツ

Kun

つ.く

clap, beat (music)

8 strokesFrequency 1,373JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ハクヒョウ

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac

3 strokesFrequency 72JLPT N4Grade 1

On

Kun

-こ

Nanori

ねっ

nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not

12 strokesFrequency 274JLPT N2Grade 4

On

Kun

な.い

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