How to say "crazy" in Japanese
- na-adjectiveThe direct equivalent of 'crazy', borrowed straight from English: a person acting insanely, wild or reckless ideas and plans, the 'Are you crazy?' reaction.
- 大それただいそれたpre-noun adjectivalCovers 'crazy' as in wildly, outrageously audacious: an ambition, idea or scheme that goes far beyond ordinary bounds. It characterizes the plan or idea itself, not a person's mental state.
Use 「クレイジー」 for the general sense of 'crazy' — people, behavior, ideas or plans that seem insane or wildly reckless — and 「大それた」 when 'crazy' means wildly, outrageously audacious, as of an ambition or scheme.
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- クレイジーcrazy
- 大それただいそれたoutrageous
- マッドmad
- 頭が変あたまがへんcrazy
- 狂おしいくるおしいmad (with grief, love, etc.)
- 頭がおかしいあたまがおかしいinsane
- 気が変きがへんinsane
- 熱狂的ねっきょうてきwildly enthusiastic
- 頭のおかしいあたまのおかしいinsane
- あたおかinsane
- 頭おかしいあたまおかしいinsane
- 頓狂とんきょうwild
- 素っ頓狂すっとんきょうwild
- 突拍子もないとっぴょうしもないastounding
- 常識はずれじょうしきはずれunconventional
- どうかしているsomething's wrong (with someone)
- どうにかなりそう(going) crazy
- 病気びょうきcrazy
- やばいcrazy
- 激ヤバげきやばcrazy
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