惚ける[とぼける] (tobokeru)

pretend ignorance

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Meaning

惚ける (とぼける, tobokeru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “pretend ignorance”.

Example sentences 6

かれなにらないととぼけた

He pretended not to know anything.

最近、物忘れが激しくて。少しボケてきたのかな?

Could I be going soft in the head? I forget things so easily these days.

台所でころんで以来彼女はぼけてしまった。

Ever since she fell in the kitchen, she hasn't been all there.

彼はこのごろ頭がぼけてきた。

He had grown senile recently.