惚け[ぼけ] (boke)

idiot; jet lag

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惚け (ぼけ, boke) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “idiot; jet lag”.

Example sentences 3

まだ 時差じさぼけが れません

I have not recovered from jet lag.

政務を拒否し遊び惚けた宗麟を立花道雪が戒めたという逸話も残っている。

There is a story that Dosetsu TACHIBANA warned Sorin about rejecting government affairs by indulging in frivolity.

日露戦争の沙河会戦で、苦戦を経験し総司令部の雰囲気が殺気立ったとき、昼寝から起きて来た大山の「児玉源太郎さん、今日もどこかで戦(ゆっさ)がごわすか」の惚けた一言で、部屋の空気がたちまち明るくなり、皆が冷静さを取り戻したという逸話がある。

An anecdote is left that in the Battle of Saka during the Japanese-Russo War: an atmosphere of the General Headquarters became frantic after experiencing a hard battle, Oyama woke up from a nap, instantly brightened up the air in the room and recovered everyone's composure by jokingly saying that 'Mr. Gentaro KOJIMA, is there a battle anywhere today?'