Last Updated :2025/12/24

惚ける

Hiragana
ぼける / とぼける / ほうける
Verb
Japanese Meaning
惚ける(ぼける)は、主に次のような意味を持つ動詞である。(1) 年を取って判断力や記憶力が衰える。(2) 頭の回転が鈍くなる、または一時的にぼんやりする。(3) ある事柄に夢中になって、ほかが目に入らなくなる。(4) とぼけたふりをしておどける、ふざける。
Easy Japanese Meaning
年をとってあたまのはたらきがにぶくなることや、とぼけたようにふるまうこと
Chinese (Simplified)
变得糊涂、迟钝(尤指因年老) / 入迷;着迷 / 扮傻;装傻搞笑
What is this buttons?

Since getting older, my grandfather has often grown senile and repeats the same stories over and over.

Chinese (Simplified) Translation

祖父年纪大了以后常常糊涂,经常一遍又一遍地重复同样的话。

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Sense(1)

to become senile, to become feebleminded with age

Sense(2)

to be mentally slow; to be befuddled

Sense(3)

to become engrossed in something

Sense(4)

惚ける, ボケる: to play the fool; to joke

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to become senile, to become feebleminded with age / to be mentally slow; to be befuddled / to become engrossed in something / 惚ける, ボケる: to play the fool; to joke

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惚ける

祖父は年を取ってからよく惚けるようになり、同じ話を何度も繰り返す。

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Since getting older, my grandfather has often grown senile and repeats the same stories over and over.

Since getting older, my grandfather has often grown senile and repeats the same stories over and over.

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祖父は年を取ってからよく惚けるようになり、同じ話を何度も繰り返す。

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