惚ける
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 惚 |
| ぼ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
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| 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 | [bòkéꜜrù] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 惚けろ | ぼけろ | [bòkéꜜrò] |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 惚けられる | ぼけられる | [bòkéráréꜜrù] |
| Causative | 惚けさせる | ぼけさせる | [bòkésáséꜜrù] |
| Potential | - | - | - |
| Volitional | 惚けよう | ぼけよー | [bòkéyóꜜò] |
| Negative | 惚けない | ぼけない | [bòkéꜜnàì] |
| Negative perfective | 惚けなかった | ぼけなかった | [bòkéꜜnàkàttà] |
| Formal | 惚けます | ぼけます | [bòkémáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 惚けた | ぼけた | [bóꜜkètà] |
| Conjunctive | 惚けて | ぼけて | [bóꜜkètè] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 惚ければ | ぼければ | [bòkéꜜrèbà] |
Verb
惚ける or 惚ける • (bokeru) intransitive ichidan (stem 惚け (boke), past 惚けた (boketa))
- to become senile, to become feebleminded with age
- to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
- to become engrossed in something
- 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. | ||
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| (This term, 惚ける, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN