JLPT N3 · Kana adjectives & descriptions

めちゃくちゃ

messy; absurd

Stroke order of めちゃくちゃ

6 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

め · 2 strokes ち · 2 strokesゃ · 3 strokesく · 1 strokes ち · 2 strokesゃ · 3 strokes

Memory trick

MECHAKUCHA — 'mesh a cooch-ah': a messy mesh of cushions, total chaos.

Parts: na-adjective; also colloquial 'extremely'

The characters in めちゃくちゃ

めめ — me (2 strokes)
ちち — chi (2 strokes)
くく — ku (1 strokes)
ちち — chi (2 strokes)

Example sentence

部屋がめちゃくちゃだ。

へやがめちゃくちゃだ。

The room is a complete mess.

More words: Kana adjectives & descriptions

もったいないwasteful; too good for くだらないworthless; silly たまらないunbearable; irresistible おとなしいquiet; well-behaved だらしないsloppy; slovenly みっともないshameful; unsightly そっくりexactly alike ぴったりperfectly; exactly でたらめnonsense; random わがままselfish のんきeasygoing; carefree けちstingy ずるいsly; unfair

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