惚ける

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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
Imperative (命令形) 惚けろ ぼけろ
Key constructions
Passive 惚けられる ぼけられる
Causative 惚けさせる ぼけさせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 惚けよう ぼけよー
Negative 惚けない ぼけない
Negative perfective 惚けなかった ぼけなかった
Formal 惚けます ぼけます
Perfective 惚けた ぼけた
Conjunctive 惚けて ぼけて
Hypothetical conditional 惚ければ ぼければ

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
Conjugation of "惚ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 惚け ぼけ boke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 惚け ぼけ boke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 惚ける ぼける bokeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 惚ける ぼける bokeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 惚けれ ぼけれ bokere
Meireikei ("imperative") 惚けよ¹
惚けろ² 		ぼけよ¹
ぼけろ² 		bokeyo¹
bokero²
Key constructions
Passive 惚けられる ぼけられる bokerareru
Causative 惚けさせる
惚けさす 		ぼけさせる
ぼけさす 		bokesaseru
bokesasu
Potential 惚けられる
惚けれる³ 		ぼけられる
ぼけれる³ 		bokerareru
bokereru³
Volitional 惚けよう ぼけよう bokeyō
Negative 惚けない
惚けぬ
惚けん 		ぼけない
ぼけぬ
ぼけん 		bokenai
bokenu
boken
Negative continuative 惚けず ぼけず bokezu
Formal 惚けます ぼけます bokemasu
Perfective 惚けた ぼけた boketa
Conjunctive 惚けて ぼけて bokete
Hypothetical conditional 惚ければ ぼければ bokereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

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】
to pretend not to know
to be absent-minded; to be weak-minded
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, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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