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惚け[ぼけ] (boke)

foolishness, dotage, idiot

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Meaning

惚け (ぼけ, boke) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “foolishness, dotage, idiot”.

Example sentences 3

まだ時差じさぼけが取とれません

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。

There is an anecdote that in the Battle of Shahe during the Russo-Japanese War, when the atmosphere at headquarters had become tense after hard fighting, Oyama woke up from a nap and instantly brightened the room and restored everyone's composure with a dazed remark: 'Mr. Gentaro Kodama, is there a battle going on somewhere today?'

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