馬鹿

• 読み: ばか
• ローマ字: baka
• 漢字の分解: 馬 (ba/uma) — horse; 鹿 (ka/shika) — deer
• 発音: /ba.ka/

意味

Fool; idiot; a person who is stupid or does something foolish.

A noun and na-adjective meaning fool or stupid. The intensity ranges from playful teasing (ばか!) among friends to genuinely harsh insult depending on tone and context. Common expressions: 馬鹿にする (baka ni suru, to make fun of), 馬鹿らしい (bakarashii, absurd/ridiculous), 馬鹿正直 (baka-shoujiki, naively honest). Often written in hiragana (ばか) or katakana (バカ) in casual writing. Regional variant: 阿呆 (aho) is preferred in Kansai.

例文

1. そんな馬鹿なことをしてはいけない。
2. 友達に馬鹿にされて悔しかった。
3. 馬鹿らしいと思いながらも最後まで見た。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily conversation, teasing, exclamations

トーン: blunt

起源と歴史

The kanji 馬鹿 literally reads 'horse-deer.' One theory links it to a Chinese historical anecdote where a court official presented a deer to the emperor, calling it a horse, to test who would dare to contradict him.

文化的背景

時代: Medieval

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal