一いっ緒しょくた

い

っ

しょ

く

た

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun

jumble; hodgepodge; mixed together

Refers to things of different kinds being mixed together in a disorderly or indiscriminate way. Often used with a negative nuance, implying a messy or careless mixture.

引ひき出だしの中なかは

一いっ

緒しょ

くた

に

なっ

て

い

て

、

必ひつ

要よう

な

もの

が

すぐ

に

見み

つから

ない

。

The drawer is a jumble, and I can't find what I need right away.

彼かれは仕し事ごととプライベートを一いっ緒しょくたにしてしまう。

He mixes up work and private life.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
緒thong, beginning, inception

Related words

ごちゃ混まぜ
ごちゃ混ぜ also means a messy mixture, but is more colloquial and often used for physical mixing. 一緒くた can carry a stronger sense of indiscriminate lumping together, sometimes with a critical tone.

Word family

一いっ緒しょくたに
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up

Written forms

一いっ緒しょくたUsage62%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
いっしょくたUsage38%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing.

Etymology

The word is a compound of 一緒 (together) and くた, which is thought to be a suffix or emphatic element. The exact origin of くた is uncertain, but it may be related to the suffix くた in words like ぼろくた (ragged) or へたくた (exhausted), adding a derogatory or emphatic nuance.