- 1. [adv] extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; awfully; unreasonably; absurdly (uk)
- 2. [adj-na] extraordinary; outrageous; absurd; unreasonable (dated)
- 3. [n] {Buddh} unconditioned dharma
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | めっぽうな | (meppouna) |
| Non-past, plain | めっぽうだ | (meppouda) |
| Non-past, polite | めっぽうです | (meppoudesu) |
| Past, plain | めっぽうだった | (meppoudatta) |
| Past, polite | めっぽうでした | (meppoudeshita) |
| Negative, plain | めっぽうじゃない | (meppoujanai) |
| Negative, polite | めっぽうじゃないです | (meppoujanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | めっぽうじゃなかった | (meppoujanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | めっぽうじゃなかったです | (meppoujanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | めっぽうで | (meppoude) |
| Conditional (―nara) | めっぽうなら | (meppounara) |
Kanji in this word
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滅
destroy, ruin, overthrow, perishOn: メツ (metsu)Kun: ほろ.びる (horo.biru)、 ほろ.ぶ (horo.bu)、 ほろ.ぼす (horo.bosu)
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法
method, law, rule, principle, model, systemOn: ホウ (hou)、 ハッ (hat)、 ホッ (hot)、 フラン (furan)Kun: のり (nori)
Example Sentences
彼は滅法強いね。
He's going from strength to strength.