頓珍漢

とんちんかん

Also written トンチンカン

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

Kanji

• 頓 sudden. Read as トン.
• 珍 rare. Read as チン.
• 漢 Han. Read as カン.

Example sentences

• 私の祖父は耳が遠いので、よくトンチンカンな返事をする。
  My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

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