JLPT N1 Advanced
珍紛漢紛
「ちんぷんかんぷん」
Total gibberish or completely unintelligible speech
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チンプンカンプン katakana form
Noun, Na-adjective
Gibberish" / "It's all Greek to me
Refers to speech or writing that is entirely unintelligible to the listener, effectively functioning as the Japanese equivalent of “it’s all Greek to me.”
Example
コンピューター の こと は ちんぷんかんぷん で 、 何も 分かりません 。
When it comes to computers, it's all Greek to me and I don't understand a thing.
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