表層形
めったやたら
メッタヤタラ
副詞
めったやたら (メッタヤタラ)
Mettayatara · めったやたら — reckless, indiscriminate
Other ways to say “reckless” in Japanese →
めったやたら in rōmaji: mettayatara.
副詞
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Updated: 2026年10月8日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
めったやたら
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
滅多矢鱈
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| 読み (Reading) |
メッタヤタラ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
副詞・*・*・*
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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) |
めったやたら
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| 読み・基本形 |
メッタヤタラ
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| 表記・基本形 |
めったやたら
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| 見出し語の読み |
メッタヤタラ
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💡 English Meaning
めったやたら means “reckless, indiscriminate” — full definition & examples →
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メッタヤタラ
Lemma: 滅多矢鱈
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The surface form (めったやたら) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (滅多矢鱈) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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