とんちんかん

頓 珍 漢

  1. adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    absurdity, contradiction, incoherence, irrelevance
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 私の祖父は耳が遠いので、よくトンチンカンな返事をする。
      My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.