天然惚け

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天 然 惚
てん
Grade: 1 		ねん
Grade: 4 		ぼ
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
天然ぼけ
天然ボケ

Etymology

Compound of 天然 (tennen, “natural”) +‎ 惚け (boke, “fool, airhead”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) てんねんぼけ [tèńnéńbóké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞nːẽ̞mbo̞ke̞]

Noun

天(てん)然(ねん)惚(ぼ)け • (tennenboke) 

  1. natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes

References

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