やけのやんぱち

Meanings

desperation; recklessness from despair

usually written using kana alonecolloquial

Colloquial expression for a state of reckless desperation, often implying that one has given up and is acting wildly. Used in phrases like 自棄のやんぱちになる or 自棄のやんぱちで.

失しつ恋れんして自棄やけのやんぱちになり、やけ酒ざけをあおった。
After the heartbreak, I became desperate and drowned my sorrows in drink.
自棄やけのやんぱちで仕し事ごとを辞やめてしまった。
In a fit of desperation, I quit my job.

Kanji

自oneself
棄abandon, throw away, discard
八eight, eight radical (no. 12)

Related words

自じ暴ぼう自じ棄き
A more formal, four-character compound meaning 'desperation' or 'abandonment of oneself'. 自棄のやんぱち is a colloquial, emphatic variant.
やけくそ
Another colloquial term for desperation or recklessness. やけくそ is often used as a noun or na-adjective, while 自棄のやんぱち is a set phrase.

Written forms

自棄やけのやんぱち
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling. It is usually written in kana.
自棄やけのやん八ぱち
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form with 八 for ぱち.

Etymology

The phrase combines 自棄 (やけ, 'desperation') with やんぱち, which is likely a playful, emphatic suffix derived from a personal name or a sound-symbolic element. The exact origin of やんぱち is uncertain.