"馬鹿" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ba̠ka̠]
Etymology: Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks. Alternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is difficult to explain. The characters 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”) are ateji (当て字), probably chosen as an allusion to Literary Chinese 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) (see that entry for more). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|sa|मोह||folly}} Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), {{upright|modern}} modern, {{der|ja|ojp|痴||stupidity, ridiculousness|tr=woko, modern oko}} Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”), {{m|ja|馬鹿|lit=horse + deer}} 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”), {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{sortkey|ja|馬鹿}} はか', {{ja-ateji}} ateji (当て字), {{cog|lzh|-}} Literary Chinese, {{zh-l|*指鹿為馬|lit=to point to a deer and call it a horse|t=to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong}} 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) Head templates: {{ja-adj|ばか|infl=na}} 馬(ば)鹿(か) • (baka) -na (adnominal 馬(ば)鹿(か)な (baka na), adverbial 馬(ば)鹿(か)に (baka ni)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=. に|attributive=. な|conditional=. なら(ば)|conjunctive=. で|continuative=. で|degree=さ|formal=. です|formal_negative=. で は ありません|formal_negative2=. じゃ ありません|formal_negative_past=. で は ありません でした|formal_negative_past2=. じゃ ありません でした|formal_past=. でした|hypothetical=. なら|imperative=. で あれ|imperfective=. だろ|informal_negative=. で は ない|informal_negative2=. じゃ ない|informal_negative_past=. で は なかった|informal_negative_past2=. じゃ なかった|informal_past=. だった|kana=ばか|lemma=馬鹿|provisional=. だったら|terminal=. だ|volitional=. だろう}} Forms: 馬鹿 [canonical] (ruby: (), 鹿()), baka [romanization], 馬鹿な [adnominal] (ruby: (), 鹿()), 馬鹿に [adverbial] (ruby: (), 鹿()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 馬鹿だろ [imperfective, stem], ばかだろ [imperfective, stem], baka daro [imperfective], 馬鹿で [continuative, stem], ばかで [continuative, stem], baka de [continuative], 馬鹿だ [stem, terminative], ばかだ [stem, terminative], baka da [terminative], 馬鹿な [attributive, stem], ばかな [attributive, stem], baka na [attributive], 馬鹿なら [hypothetical, stem], ばかなら [hypothetical, stem], baka nara [hypothetical], 馬鹿であれ [imperative, stem], ばかであれ [imperative, stem], baka de are [imperative], 馬鹿ではない [informal, negative], 馬鹿じゃない [informal, negative], ばかではない [informal, negative], ばかじゃない [informal, negative], baka de wa nai [informal, negative], baka ja nai [informal, negative], 馬鹿だった [informal, past], ばかだった [informal, past], baka datta [informal, past], 馬鹿ではなかった [informal, negative, past], 馬鹿じゃなかった [informal, negative, past], ばかではなかった [informal, negative, past], ばかじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], baka de wa nakatta [informal, negative, past], baka ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], 馬鹿です [formal], ばかです [formal], baka desu [formal], 馬鹿ではありません [formal, negative], 馬鹿じゃありません [formal, negative], ばかではありません [formal, negative], ばかじゃありません [formal, negative], baka de wa arimasen [formal, negative], baka ja arimasen [formal, negative], 馬鹿でした [formal, past], ばかでした [formal, past], baka deshita [formal, past], 馬鹿ではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], 馬鹿じゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ばかではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], ばかじゃありませんでした [formal, negative, past], baka de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], baka ja arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], 馬鹿で [conjunctive], ばかで [conjunctive], baka de [conjunctive], 馬鹿なら(ば) [conditional], ばかなら(ば) [conditional], baka nara (ba) [conditional], 馬鹿だったら [conditional, past], ばかだったら [conditional, past], baka dattara [conditional, past], 馬鹿だろう [volitional], ばかだろう [volitional], baka darō [volitional], 馬鹿に [adverbial], ばかに [adverbial], baka ni [adverbial], 馬鹿さ [noun-from-adj], ばかさ [noun-from-adj], bakasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. foolish, idiotic, stupid, ridiculous Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-馬鹿-ja-adj-F0KXeEdE Disambiguation of People: 98 0 0 2 0
  2. useless, futile
    Sense id: en-馬鹿-ja-adj-RHVRWJNy

Noun

IPA: [ba̠ka̠] Forms: 馬鹿 [canonical] (ruby: (), 鹿()), baka [romanization]
Etymology: Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks. Alternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is difficult to explain. The characters 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”) are ateji (当て字), probably chosen as an allusion to Literary Chinese 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) (see that entry for more). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|sa|मोह||folly}} Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), {{upright|modern}} modern, {{der|ja|ojp|痴||stupidity, ridiculousness|tr=woko, modern oko}} Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”), {{m|ja|馬鹿|lit=horse + deer}} 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”), {{m|ja|当て字}} 当て字, {{sortkey|ja|馬鹿}} はか', {{ja-ateji}} ateji (当て字), {{cog|lzh|-}} Literary Chinese, {{zh-l|*指鹿為馬|lit=to point to a deer and call it a horse|t=to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong}} 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ばか}} 馬(ば)鹿(か) • (baka)
  1. a fool, an idiot Synonyms (fool, idiot): 阿呆 (ahō), 愚か者 (orokamono)
    Sense id: en-馬鹿-ja-noun-TUh-Js3o Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 1 3 62 31 3 Disambiguation of 'fool, idiot': 100 0 0
  2. uselessness, futility Synonyms (futile): 無駄 (muda) (ruby: (), ())
    Sense id: en-馬鹿-ja-noun-eER6i1LV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 25 66 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 2 6 31 55 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 1 5 32 56 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 1 6 30 57 6 Disambiguation of 'futile': 0 95 5
  3. a tool used for counting coins Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-馬鹿-ja-noun-rQHnN43g Disambiguation of Tools: 0 0 7 7 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 馬鹿貝 (bakagai) (ruby: (), 鹿(), (がい)) (english: Mactra chinensis, a type of bivalve shellfish), 馬鹿馬鹿しい (bakabakashii) (ruby: (), 鹿(), (), 鹿()) (english: stupid, ridiculous), 馬鹿力 (bakajikara) (ruby: (), 鹿(), (ぢから)), 馬鹿野郎 (baka yarō) (ruby: (), 鹿(), (), (ろう)), 桜伐る馬鹿梅伐らぬ馬鹿 (sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka) (ruby: 桜伐(さくらき), 馬鹿梅伐(ばかうめき), 馬鹿(ばか)), 馬鹿にならない (baka ni naranai) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)), ワープロ馬鹿 (wāpuro baka) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)), 馬鹿げる (bakageru) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)), 馬鹿げた (bakageta) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか)), 馬鹿を見る (bakaomiru) (ruby: 馬鹿(ばか), ()), 馬鹿笑い (bakawarai) (ruby: 馬鹿笑(ばかわら)), 学者馬鹿 (gakushabaka) (ruby: 学者馬鹿(がくしゃばか)), 小馬鹿 (kobaka) (ruby: 小馬鹿(こばか)), 馬鹿正直 (bakashōjiki) (ruby: 馬鹿正直(ばかしょうじき)), 馬鹿女 (bakaonna) (ruby: 馬鹿女(ばかおんな)), 大馬鹿者 (ōbakamono) (ruby: 大馬鹿者(おおばかもの)), 馬鹿丁寧 (bakateinei) (ruby: 馬鹿丁寧(ばかていねい))

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      "form": "baka ja nai",
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    {
      "form": "ばかじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "baka de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "馬鹿です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "ばかです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    {
      "form": "baka desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "馬鹿ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "馬鹿じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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      "form": "ばかではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ばかじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "baka de wa arimasen",
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      "form": "baka ja arimasen",
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      "form": "baka deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "form": "馬鹿ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "馬鹿じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ばかではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "ばかじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "baka de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ばか",
        "infl": "na"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
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        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
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      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "98 0 0 2 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "I did something stupid.",
          "roman": "Baka na koto shichatta na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "馬鹿なことしちゃったな。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't be silly. Don't say such stupid things.",
          "roman": "Baka na koto o iu-na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "馬鹿なことを言うな。"
        }
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      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "idiotic",
          "idiotic"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
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      "glosses": [
        "useless, futile"
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      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
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        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "ばか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ba̠ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Iwanami Shoten",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:広辞苑",
    "ja:馬鹿"
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Mactra chinensis, a type of bivalve shellfish",
      "roman": "bakagai",
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        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "貝",
          "がい"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stupid, ridiculous",
      "roman": "bakabakashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakajikara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
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        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
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        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "野",
          "や"
        ],
        [
          "郎",
          "ろう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿野郎"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka",
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        [
          "桜伐",
          "さくらき"
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        [
          "馬鹿梅伐",
          "ばかうめき"
        ],
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "桜伐る馬鹿梅伐らぬ馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "baka ni naranai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿にならない"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "wāpuro baka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ワープロ馬鹿"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakageru",
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        [
          "馬鹿",
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        ]
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      "word": "馬鹿げる"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakageta",
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        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakaomiru",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "gakushabaka",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "小馬鹿",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakashōjiki",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakaonna",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ōbakamono",
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          "大馬鹿者",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bakateinei",
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          "馬鹿丁寧",
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          "args": {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "baka",
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          "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "当て字"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "馬鹿"
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      "args": {},
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      "args": {
        "1": "lzh",
        "2": "-"
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      "args": {
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      "form": "馬鹿",
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          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
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      "form": "baka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "ばか"
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      "expansion": "馬(ば)鹿(か) • (baka)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        {
          "english": "I was foolish to think this was a love song",
          "roman": "rabu songu da to omotta boku ga baka datta",
          "ruby": [
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              "おも"
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            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
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            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ]
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        },
        {
          "english": "I disagree! Who would approve such a nonsensical idea⁉ And stop saying ‘learned’! It’s ‘learnt’, not ‘learned’, you fool!",
          "ref": "2008 April 20 [2008 March 31], Hidekaz Himaruya, “Meeting of the World”, in Axis Powers ヘタリア, 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Gentosha",
          "roman": "Ore wa hantai da! Sonna genjitsumi no nai an sansei dekiru ka! Sore to learned tte iu na! Nan da yo learned tte learnt da baka!",
          "ruby": [
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              "あんさんせい"
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              "言",
              "い"
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              "なん"
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        },
        {
          "english": "They say idiots never get colds, ri…",
          "ref": "2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第百二十七訓 クーラーはタイマーで切れるようにしてから寝ないと風邪ひくよ”, in 銀魂 (銀魂), volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha",
          "roman": "Baka wa kaze hikanai tte i…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "訓",
              "くん"
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            [
              "切",
              "き"
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              "寝",
              "ね"
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            [
              "風邪",
              "かぜ"
            ],
            [
              "銀",
              "ぎん"
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            [
              "魂",
              "たま"
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            [
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              "ぎん"
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            [
              "魂",
              "たま"
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            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なんでよりによって\nNan de yori ni yotte\nBut why her of all people\nバカはカゼひかないって言…"
        }
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "word": "阿呆"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "word": "愚か者"
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 95 5",
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            "Fundamental"
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        [
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      ]
    }
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      "other": "ばか"
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      "ipa": "[ba̠ka̠]"
    }
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    "Shinmura Izuru",
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    "ja:馬鹿"
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}
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    "ja:Tools"
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      "args": {
        "1": "*指鹿為馬",
        "lit": "to point to a deer and call it a horse",
        "t": "to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong"
      },
      "expansion": "指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks.\nAlternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is difficult to explain.\nThe characters 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”) are ateji (当て字), probably chosen as an allusion to Literary Chinese 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) (see that entry for more).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "馬鹿",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿な",
      "roman": "baka na",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿に",
      "roman": "baka ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka daro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka da",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿な",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかな",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka na",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿なら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかなら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka nara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿であれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかであれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de are",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿ではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿じゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかではない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de wa nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿ではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿じゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかではなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de wa nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿です",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿ではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿じゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかじゃありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿でした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿ではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿じゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかじゃありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ja arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿で",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかで",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿なら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかなら(ば)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka nara (ba)",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿だろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿に",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかに",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka ni",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "馬鹿さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ばかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bakasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ばか",
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "馬(ば)鹿(か) • (baka) -na (adnominal 馬(ば)鹿(か)な (baka na), adverbial 馬(ば)鹿(か)に (baka ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": ". に",
        "attributive": ". な",
        "conditional": ". なら(ば)",
        "conjunctive": ". で",
        "continuative": ". で",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": ". です",
        "formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
        "formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
        "formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
        "formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
        "formal_past": ". でした",
        "hypothetical": ". なら",
        "imperative": ". で あれ",
        "imperfective": ". だろ",
        "informal_negative": ". で は ない",
        "informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
        "informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
        "informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
        "informal_past": ". だった",
        "kana": "ばか",
        "lemma": "馬鹿",
        "provisional": ". だったら",
        "terminal": ". だ",
        "volitional": ". だろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I did something stupid.",
          "roman": "Baka na koto shichatta na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "馬鹿なことしちゃったな。"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't be silly. Don't say such stupid things.",
          "roman": "Baka na koto o iu-na.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "馬鹿なことを言うな。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foolish, idiotic, stupid, ridiculous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "idiotic",
          "idiotic"
        ],
        [
          "stupid",
          "stupid"
        ],
        [
          "ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "useless, futile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "futile",
          "futile"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ばか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ba̠ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Iwanami Shoten",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:広辞苑",
    "ja:馬鹿"
  ],
  "word": "馬鹿"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Japanese terms spelled with ateji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "ja:People",
    "ja:Tools"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Mactra chinensis, a type of bivalve shellfish",
      "roman": "bakagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "貝",
          "がい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿貝"
    },
    {
      "english": "stupid, ridiculous",
      "roman": "bakabakashii",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿馬鹿しい"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakajikara",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "力",
          "ぢから"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿力"
    },
    {
      "roman": "baka yarō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ],
        [
          "野",
          "や"
        ],
        [
          "郎",
          "ろう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿野郎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "桜伐",
          "さくらき"
        ],
        [
          "馬鹿梅伐",
          "ばかうめき"
        ],
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "桜伐る馬鹿梅伐らぬ馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "baka ni naranai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿にならない"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wāpuro baka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "ワープロ馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakageru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿げる"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakageta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿げた"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakaomiru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ],
        [
          "見",
          "み"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿を見る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakawarai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿笑",
          "ばかわら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿笑い"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gakushabaka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "学者馬鹿",
          "がくしゃばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "学者馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kobaka",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "小馬鹿",
          "こばか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "小馬鹿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakashōjiki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿正直",
          "ばかしょうじき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿正直"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakaonna",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿女",
          "ばかおんな"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿女"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ōbakamono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大馬鹿者",
          "おおばかもの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大馬鹿者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bakateinei",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬鹿丁寧",
          "ばかていねい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "馬鹿丁寧"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "八嘎",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "bāga"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Chinese: 八嘎 (bāga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Chinese: 八嘎 (bāga)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "baka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: baka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: baka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "빠가",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 빠가 (ppaga)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 빠가 (ppaga)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "मोह",
        "4": "",
        "5": "folly"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "modern"
      },
      "expansion": "modern",
      "name": "upright"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "痴",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stupidity, ridiculousness",
        "tr": "woko, modern oko"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "馬鹿",
        "lit": "horse + deer"
      },
      "expansion": "馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "当て字"
      },
      "expansion": "当て字",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "馬鹿"
      },
      "expansion": "はか'",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ateji (当て字)",
      "name": "ja-ateji"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lzh",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Literary Chinese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*指鹿為馬",
        "lit": "to point to a deer and call it a horse",
        "t": "to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong"
      },
      "expansion": "指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”)",
      "name": "zh-l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably originally a transcription of Sanskrit मोह (moha, “folly”), used as a cant term among monks.\nAlternatively, may have arisen from the same root as Old Japanese 痴 (woko, modern oko, “stupidity, ridiculousness”). However, this theory is problematic phonologically, as the /b/ ↔ /w/ shift is difficult to explain.\nThe characters 馬鹿 (literally “horse + deer”) are ateji (当て字), probably chosen as an allusion to Literary Chinese 指鹿為馬 (“to deliberately misinterpret and invert right and wrong”, literally “to point to a deer and call it a horse”) (see that entry for more).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "馬鹿",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "馬",
          "ば"
        ],
        [
          "鹿",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baka",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ばか"
      },
      "expansion": "馬(ば)鹿(か) • (baka)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was foolish to think this was a love song",
          "roman": "rabu songu da to omotta boku ga baka datta",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ],
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "ラブソングだと思った僕が馬鹿だったhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS0ezG4Yask"
        },
        {
          "english": "I disagree! Who would approve such a nonsensical idea⁉ And stop saying ‘learned’! It’s ‘learnt’, not ‘learned’, you fool!",
          "ref": "2008 April 20 [2008 March 31], Hidekaz Himaruya, “Meeting of the World”, in Axis Powers ヘタリア, 3rd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Gentosha",
          "roman": "Ore wa hantai da! Sonna genjitsumi no nai an sansei dekiru ka! Sore to learned tte iu na! Nan da yo learned tte learnt da baka!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "俺",
              "おれ"
            ],
            [
              "反対",
              "はんたい"
            ],
            [
              "現実味",
              "げんじつみ"
            ],
            [
              "案賛成",
              "あんさんせい"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "何",
              "なん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "俺は反対だ!そんな現実味のない案賛成できるか!それとlearnedって言うな!何だよlearnedってlearntだバカ!"
        },
        {
          "english": "They say idiots never get colds, ri…",
          "ref": "2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第百二十七訓 クーラーはタイマーで切れるようにしてから寝ないと風邪ひくよ”, in 銀魂 (銀魂), volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha",
          "roman": "Baka wa kaze hikanai tte i…",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "訓",
              "くん"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "寝",
              "ね"
            ],
            [
              "風邪",
              "かぜ"
            ],
            [
              "銀",
              "ぎん"
            ],
            [
              "魂",
              "たま"
            ],
            [
              "銀",
              "ぎん"
            ],
            [
              "魂",
              "たま"
            ],
            [
              "言",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "なんでよりによって\nNan de yori ni yotte\nBut why her of all people\nバカはカゼひかないって言…"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a fool, an idiot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "uselessness, futility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uselessness",
          "uselessness"
        ],
        [
          "futility",
          "futility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a tool used for counting coins"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tool",
          "tool"
        ],
        [
          "coin",
          "coin"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "ばか"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ba̠ka̠]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ahō",
      "sense": "fool, idiot",
      "word": "阿呆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "orokamono",
      "sense": "fool, idiot",
      "word": "愚か者"
    },
    {
      "roman": "muda",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "無",
          "む"
        ],
        [
          "駄",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "futile",
      "word": "無駄"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Iwanami Shoten",
    "Kōjien",
    "Shinmura Izuru",
    "Tōkyō",
    "ja:広辞苑",
    "ja:馬鹿"
  ],
  "word": "馬鹿"
}

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