馬鹿(ばか), 莫迦(ばか), (やぶ), ばか, バカ

baka, baka

JLPT 3

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fool; idiot
  • trivial matter; folly; absurdity
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous
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馬鹿(ばか)らしい, ばからしい

bakarashii

JLPT 2

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • absurd

馬鹿馬鹿(ばかばか)しい, ばかばかしい

bakabakashii

JLPT 1

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine; foolish

鹿(しか), しか, かせぎ, か, ろく

shika, kasegi, ka, roku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)

海驢(あしか), (あし), 海馬(かいば), あしか, みち, アシカ

ashika, michi, ashika

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion

馬鹿(ばか)げる, ばかげる

bakageru

Ichidan verb intransitive verb
  • to look foolish

馴鹿(となかい), となかい, じゅんろく, トナカイ

tonakai, junroku, tonakai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

案山子(かかし), 鹿(しか), かかし, かがし, あんざんし, そおど, そおず, そほず, そほど

kakashi, kagashi, anzanshi, sōdo, sōzu, sohozu, sohodo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • scarecrow
  • figurehead

大鹿(おおしか), (おうしか), おおじか, オオジカ

ōjika, ōjika

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • large deer
  • moose; elk; red deer

(いの), 鹿(しか), (しし), 猪狩(いがり), 鹿(しか), (しし), ししがり

shishigari

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)

鹿尾菜(ひじき), (ひつじ), ひじき

hijiki

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

鹿(しか), しかつめらしい

shikatsumerashii

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • formal; solemn

鹿毛(かげ), かげ

kage

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • fawn colour
  • fawn-colored horse

鹿子(かのこ), かこ, かご

kako, kago

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • deer; fawn

小馬鹿(こばか), こばか

kobaka

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • a fool

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