Illustration: In a small apartment courtyard, a resident earnestly tries to fill a bucket whose entire bottom is missing. They pour from a watering can while the water falls straight through onto their own sandals.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ナンセンス

nansensu

nonsense

Example sentences

  1. それは、いくぶんナンセンスな趣おもむきの楽たのしさがあった。

    It was a delightful bit of nonsense.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. そんなナンセンスなことはやめてくれよ。

    Cut out the nonsense, will you?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ハッキリ言いって、この「陰謀説いんぼうせつ」はナンセンスだと思おもう。

    To be frank, I think this 'conspiracy theory' is nonsense.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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