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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ちんぷんかんぷん

chinpunkanpun

incomprehensible, baffling

Colloquial; often means that something makes no sense to the speaker. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. それはちんぷんかんぷんだ。

    It’s all Greek to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 先生せんせいが言いったことが、ちんぷんかんぷん。

    I didn’t understand what the teacher said.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. アインシュタインの相対性理論そうたいせいりろんは私わたしにはちんぷんかんぷんだ。

    Einstein’s theory of relativity is Greek to me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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