惚ける

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
惚
ぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
呆ける
暈ける

Pronunciation

  • 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 ぼけ​る [bòkéꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 惚けろ ぼけ​ろ [bòkéꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 惚けられる ぼけられ​る [bòkéráréꜜrù]
Causative 惚けさせる ぼけさせ​る [bòkésáséꜜrù]
Potential - - -
Volitional 惚けよう ぼけよ​ー [bòkéyóꜜò]
Negative 惚けない ぼけ​ない [bòkéꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 惚けなかった ぼけ​なかった [bòkéꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 惚けます ぼけま​す [bòkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 惚けた ぼ​けた [bóꜜkètà]
Conjunctive 惚けて ぼ​けて [bóꜜkètè]
Hypothetical conditional 惚ければ ぼけ​れば [bòkéꜜrèbà]

Verb

惚(ぼ)ける or 惚(ボ)ける • (bokeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 惚(ぼ)け (boke), past 惚(ぼ)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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
惚
とぼ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 惚ける – see the following entry.
【恍とぼける】
[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

  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
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