Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
とぼ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
惚ける

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

(とぼ)ける (tobokeruintransitive ichidan (stem (とぼ) (toboke), past (とぼ)けた (toboketa))

  1. to pretend not to know
  2. to be absent-minded; to be weak-minded
  3. to be silly and amusing

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN