Word Meaning 荒誕

こうたん koutan

荒誕 is read as こうたん (koutan) and means exaggerated beyond recognition.

Meaning

English

  1. exaggerated beyond recognition
  2. nonsense
  3. wild talk
  4. lies

Reading

Kana

こうたん

Romaji

koutan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 129074 Priority U

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荒廃

こうはい

ruin

荒れ模様

あれもよう

stormy

荒唐無稽

こうとうむけい

absurd

荒稼ぎ

あらかせぎ

making a killing

荒地野菊

あれちのぎく

flax-leaf fleabane (Conyza bonariensis)

荒利益

あらりえき

gross profit

荒隠元

さやいんげん

French beans

荒壁土

あらかべつち

clay, straw, etc. mix used for rough undercoat of wall

荒れ地を拓く

あれちをひらく

to open up unbroken land

生誕

せいたん

birth

処女降誕

しょじょこうたん

virgin birth (esp. of Jesus)

再誕

さいたん

resurrection (of a company or school, etc.)