JLPT N5 vocabulary
馬鹿: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
ばか1Atamadaka · high start
na-adjective
Meaning
- idiot, moron, fool
- (adjective, -na) stupid, foolish, dull, absurd, ridiculous
- trivial, insignificant, disappointing
- malfunctioning, defective, losing sensation
- (slang) incredibly, unusually, exceptionally
- (slang) fervent enthusiast, nut, person singularly obsessed with something, usually in compounds
- (abbreviation) Mactra chinensis, a species of trough shell
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| Plain past過去形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| Polite presentです形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| Te-formて形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 馬鹿 | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 馬鹿 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 馬鹿 | 馬鹿 |
Example sentences
その少年は大人を馬鹿にする。
That boy makes fun of adults.
見た目だけで彼女を馬鹿にしようものなら、後々痛い目を見るよ。
If you make fun of her only because of her appearance, you'll have trouble in the future.