荒唐無稽

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	唐	無	稽
こう Grade: S	とう Grade: S	む Grade: 4	けい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

荒唐 +‎ 無稽

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーとーむけー [kòótóómúkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːto̞ːmɯ̟ke̞ː]

Noun

荒(こう)唐(とう)無(む)稽(けい) • (kōtōmukei) 

1. nonsense

   Synonym: でたらめ

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN