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突拍子もない
toppyoushimonai
also spelled toppyoshimonai
astounding, tremendous, wild, crazy, exorbitant, outrageous, absurd, abnormal, quixotic
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  1. toppyoushimonai astounding, tremendous, wild, crazy, exorbitant, outrageous, absurd, abnormal, quixotic
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Kanji Breakdown
突
On: とつ Kun: つく
9 strokes
拍
Clap, Beat (music)
On: はく,ひょう
8 strokes N1
子
Child, Sign Of The Rat, 11pm-1am, First Sign Of Chinese Zodiac
On: し,す,つ Kun: こ,-こ,ね
3 strokes N5
How to Use This Word
I-adjective (い形容詞)
Pattern
突拍子もない → 突拍子もなくない → 突拍子もなかった → 突拍子もなくて

💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).

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とても突拍子もないですね。
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