表層形
なんちゃって
ナンチャッテ
感動詞
なんちゃって (ナンチャッテ)
Nanchatte · なんちゃって — just kidding, not!; ersatz, imitation, phony, pretend, fake, faux
Other ways to say “just kidding” in Japanese →
なんちゃって in rōmaji: nanchatte.
感動詞
一般
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Updated: 2026年8月17日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
なんちゃって
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| 読み (Reading) |
ナンチャッテ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
感動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
なんちゃって
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| 読み・基本形 |
ナンチャッテ
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| 表記・基本形 |
なんちゃって
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| 見出し語の読み |
ナンチャッテ
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💡 English Meaning
なんちゃって means “just kidding, not!; ersatz, imitation, phony, pretend, fake, faux” — full definition & examples →
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The surface form (なんちゃって) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (なんちゃって) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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