惚ける

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
呆ける
暈ける

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "惚ける"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
惚ける [bòkéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 惚けろ [bòkéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 惚けられる けられ [bòkéráréꜜrù]
Causative 惚けさせる けさせ [bòkésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 惚けよう けよ [bòkéyóꜜò]
Negative 惚けない ない [bòkéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 惚けなかった なかった [bòkéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 惚けます けま [bòkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 惚けた けた [bóꜜkètà]
Conjunctive 惚けて けて [bóꜜkètè]
Hypothetical conditional 惚ければ れば [bòkéꜜrèbà]

Verb[edit]

()ける or ()ける (bokeruintransitive ichidan (stem () (boke), past ()けた (boketa))

  1. to become senile, to become feebleminded with age
  2. to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
  3. to become engrossed in something
  4. 惚ける, ボケる: to play the fool; to joke
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
とぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 惚ける – see the following entry.
とぼける
[verb] to pretend not to know
[verb] to be absent-minded; to be weak-minded
[verb] to be silly and amusing
(This term, 惚ける, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN