Shirabe
頓珍漢 とんちんかん
  • adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
English JMdict
1
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)noun (common) (futsuumeishi) word usually written using kana alone absurdity;contradiction;incoherence;irrelevance
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.

漢字 kanji used