でたらめ (detarame) Japanese meaning: nonsense | Kotomoraっ
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Everything he's saying is nonsense.
No one believes such a ridiculous story.
Usage patterns
でたらめを言うto talk nonsense
He's always talking nonsense.
でたらめな〈事〉a groundless/nonsensical thing (statement, story, etc.)
The newspaper had a completely baseless story written in it.
でたらめに〈動詞〉to do something at random, haphazardly
He picked the numbers completely at random.
でたらめな生活an unsystematic, disorderly lifestyle
He's living a completely disorganized life.
でたらめ carries a negative sense of nonsense or unreliability, whereas ランダム is neutral and simply means lacking a pattern.
でたらめ describes nonsensical or random falsehoods with no basis, while 作り話 implies a coherent, deliberately constructed story.
でたらめ emphasizes randomness or made-up nonsense, whereas 滅茶苦茶 stresses chaos, disorder, or excess.
でたらめ suggests something random, nonsensical, or unreliable, whereas 不規則 simply means lacking a fixed rhythm or rule.
でたらめ describes nonsense or something made up carelessly, whereas 嘘 specifically means a false statement, often but not always deliberate.
でたらめ emphasizes randomness or irresponsibility in what's said or done, whereas 意味不明 just says the meaning can't be grasped.
でたらめ describes something random, nonsensical, or unreliable, whereas インチキ specifically implies intentional cheating or fakery.
