Word · 単語
呆ける
Reading ぼける
to grow senile
- 1 to grow senile, to be childish with age
- 2 to be mentally slow, to be befuddled
- 3 to play stupid, to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
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例文 · examples
彼はこのごろ頭がぼけてきた。
He had grown senile recently.
sense 1 · to grow senile
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.
sense 1 · to grow senile
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.
sense 1 · to grow senile