How to say "irrelevant" in Japanese

• 無縁むえんCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveCovers 'irrelevant' as 'having no connection with something': a topic, person, or matter that is simply unrelated to the issue at hand, rather than an answer that misses the point.
  当時とうじ、貧乏びんぼうは彼かれらにとっては無縁むえんなものと思おもわれた。↗

  Poverty seemed to have nothing to do with them in those days.
• 見当違いけんとうちがいCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'irrelevant' as 'off the point': a guess, estimate, or reply that is simply wrong because it misses the point of the question or situation.
• 的外れまとはずれCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'irrelevant' as 'off the mark': a remark or answer that misses the point, with the image of missing a target; it overlaps heavily with 見当違い.
  彼かれの言いったことは的まとはずれだった。↗

  What he said was beside the point.
• 論外ろんがいCommon
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'irrelevant' as 'not pertinent': something treated as outside the scope of the discussion, a point you dismiss rather than engage with.

Use 無縁 for things with no connection to the matter, 「見当違い」 and 「的外れ」 for guesses or remarks that miss the point, and 論外 for points you rule outside the discussion.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 無縁むえんunrelated
• 見当違いけんとうちがいwrong (guess or estimate)
• 的外れまとはずれoff the mark
• 要領を得ないようりょうをえないirrelevant
• 関係がないかんけいがないunrelated
• 関係ないかんけいないunrelated
• 論外ろんがいirrelevant
• ピント外れピントはずれoff the mark