馬鹿げる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬 鹿
ば
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 4
jūbakoyomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 馬鹿(ばか) (baka).

Pronunciation

Verb

馬(ば)鹿(か)げる or 馬鹿(バカ)げる • (bakageru) intransitive ichidan (stem 馬(ば)鹿(か)げ (bakage), past 馬(ば)鹿(か)げた (bakageta))

  1. come off as stupid, look dumb

Conjugation

Conjugation of "馬鹿げる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 馬鹿げ ばかげ bakage
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 馬鹿げ ばかげ bakage
Shūshikei ("terminal") 馬鹿げる ばかげる bakageru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 馬鹿げる ばかげる bakageru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 馬鹿げれ ばかげれ bakagere
Meireikei ("imperative") 馬鹿げよ¹
馬鹿げろ² 		ばかげよ¹
ばかげろ² 		bakageyo¹
bakagero²
Key constructions
Passive 馬鹿げられる ばかげられる bakagerareru
Causative 馬鹿げさせる
馬鹿げさす 		ばかげさせる
ばかげさす 		bakagesaseru
bakagesasu
Potential 馬鹿げられる
馬鹿げれる³ 		ばかげられる
ばかげれる³ 		bakagerareru
bakagereru³
Volitional 馬鹿げよう ばかげよう bakageyō
Negative 馬鹿げない
馬鹿げぬ
馬鹿げん 		ばかげない
ばかげぬ
ばかげん 		bakagenai
bakagenu
bakagen
Negative continuative 馬鹿げず ばかげず bakagezu
Formal 馬鹿げます ばかげます bakagemasu
Perfective 馬鹿げた ばかげた bakageta
Conjunctive 馬鹿げて ばかげて bakagete
Hypothetical conditional 馬鹿げれば ばかげれば bakagereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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