むちゃくちゃ・無茶苦茶muchakucha[0]heiban (flat)

1. na-adjectivenonsensical; unreasonable; absurd; unrealistic
2. na-adjectiveawfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless
3. noun, na-adjectivedisorder; confusion; being jumbled; being mixed up
   彼女かのじょは泣なきながら、彼かれからの手紙てがみをむちゃくちゃに引き裂ひきさいて捨すてた。↗

   In tears, she tore up his letter and threw it away.
4. adverbvery; extremely; excessively

• SynonymめちゃめちゃCasualColloquial. Covers mess and shambles and also serves as an intensifier 'very'; almost synonymous with 「無茶苦茶」 but more casual.
• SynonymめちゃくちゃCasualColloquial. Covers mess and absurdity and is the most common of these forms; overlaps heavily with 「無茶苦茶」 and the two are interchangeable.
• Synonym無茶むちゃNeutralRefers to acting recklessly or overdoing things, as in 「無茶をする」; 「無茶苦茶」 is its intensified form and also covers mess and disorder.
• Synonym荒唐無稽こうとうむけいWrittenA four-character idiom for speech that is absurd and groundless; 「無茶苦茶」 is colloquial and covers both actions and words.
• SynonymでたらめCasualNonsense talk made up offhand, as in 「出鱈目を言う」; 「無茶苦茶」 also covers reckless behavior and mess.
• Related過度かどWrittenWritten/formal prose for excess or going beyond a proper limit, as in 「過度な期待」; 「無茶苦茶」 is colloquial and adds a sense of unreasonableness.
• Related並み外れなみはずれNeutralFar beyond the average, extraordinary, often with a positive nuance; 「無茶苦茶」 is negative, implying unreasonableness or excess.
• Related極端きょくたんNeutralTaking things to an extreme, as in 「極端な意見」; 「無茶苦茶」 is colloquial and also expresses excess, as in 「無茶苦茶な量」.
• Related過剰かじょうNeutralSurplus or too much of something, as in 「過剰包装」; 「無茶苦茶」 is colloquial, as in 「無茶苦茶な値段」.
• Related過大かだいNeutralToo large in size or degree, as in 「過大評価」; 「無茶苦茶」 is colloquial and carries a nuance of unreasonableness.
• Related不合理ふごうりNeutralIllogical or contrary to reason, tending toward written prose; 「無茶苦茶」 is more colloquial and stronger.
• Related理不尽りふじんNeutralHigh-handed and unreasonable, as in 「理不尽な要求」; 「無茶苦茶」 is more colloquial.
• Related法外ほうがいWrittenWritten/formal prose for prices or demands that are outrageous, as in 「法外な値段」; 「無茶苦茶」 is more colloquial.
• Related非常識ひじょうしきNeutralLacking common sense or ignoring social rules; 「無茶苦茶」 broadly covers unreasonableness and mess.
• RelatedとてつもないNeutralAstonishingly large or outrageously off the scale, as in 「途轍もない計画」; 「無茶苦茶」 additionally carries a sense of unreasonableness.
• RelatedとんちんかんCasualColloquial. Answers that miss the point or remarks that don't hang together; 「無茶苦茶」 broadly covers mess and unreasonableness.
• RelatedばかばかしいNeutralAbsurd to the point of being laughable or silly, as in 「ばかばかしい話」; 「無茶苦茶」 stresses unreasonableness and excess.
• Related阿呆らしいあほらしいCasualKansai-flavored word for something so absurd it is laughable; 「無茶苦茶」 stresses unreasonableness and excess.
• Antonym整然せいぜんWrittenAntonym on the mess-versus-order axis: written/formal prose for being neat and orderly.
• Antonym秩序ちつじょNeutralAntonym on the same axis: a noun for order and discipline.

Use 「無茶苦茶」 for reckless, unreasonable behavior, for mess and chaos, and to intensify degree. In speech 「めちゃくちゃ」 is the usual form. For reckless acts pick 「無茶」, for nonsense talk 「出鱈目」, for high-handed unreasonableness 「理不尽」. The other near-synonyms narrow the sense: excess (「過度」「過剰」「過大」), extremes (「極端」), absurdity (「荒唐無稽」「馬鹿馬鹿しい」), etc. Antonyms: 「整然」, 「秩序」.

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1. 「無茶むちゃ」を強調きょうちょうした語ご。