しらばっくれる

Japanese

Alternative forms

  • (less common) しらばくれる (shirabakureru)
  • (less common) しらっぱくれる (shirappakureru)
  • (shortening) ばっくれる (bakkureru)

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らばっくれ [shìrábákkúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠ba̠k̚kɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

Verb

しらばっくれる • (shirabakkureruしらばつくれる (sirabatukureru)?ichidan (stem しらばっくれ (shirabakkure), past しらばっくれた (shirabakkureta))

  1. to feign ignorance, to play dumb, to pretend to not know or understand something

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References

  1. ^ https://gogen-yurai.jp/shirabakureru/
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN