荒唐無稽 (こうとうむけい)absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
- absurd; nonsensical; preposterousadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 荒唐無稽
- 荒Laid Waste; Rough; RudeRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N2
- 唐T'ang; China; ForeignRead with its on'yomi here
- 無Nothingness; None; Ain'tRead with its on'yomi here
- 稽Think; ConsiderRead with its on'yomi here
Words that share its kanji
- 荒木あらきlogs in bark; rough wood
- 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction
- 荒れあれstormy weather; tempest
- 荒れるあれるto be stormy; to be rough
- 荒波あらなみraging waves; stormy seas
- 荒らすあらすto lay waste; to devastate
- 荒らげるあららげるto roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
- 吹き荒れるふきあれるto blow violently; to sweep over
- 唐突とうとつabrupt; sudden
- 唐とうTang dynasty (China, 618-907); T'ang dynasty
- 唐揚げからあげdeep-fried food (esp. chicken)
- 唐草からくさarabesque pattern
- 唐辛子とうがらしcapsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli)
- 遣唐使けんとうしenvoy to Tang China
- しし唐ししとうshishito pepper (variety of Capsicum annuum)
- とり唐揚げとりからあげdeep-fried chicken
- 無料むりょうfree (of charge); gratuitous
- 無所属むしょぞくindependent (esp. in politics); non-partisan
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