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惚ける
惚ける
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 惚 |
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ぼ Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Alternative forms
- 呆ける
Verb
惚ける (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana ぼける, romaji bokeru)
- to become senile, to become feebleminded with age
- to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
- to become engrossed in something
Conjugation
Conjugation of "惚ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 惚け | ぼけ | boke | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 惚け | ぼけ | boke | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 惚ける | ぼける | bokeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 惚ける | ぼける | bokeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 惚けれ | ぼけれ | bokere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 惚けよ¹ 惚けろ² |
ぼけよ¹ ぼけろ² |
bokeyo¹ bokero² |
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| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 惚けられる | ぼけられる | bokerareru | |
| Causative | 惚けさせる 惚けさす |
ぼけさせる ぼけさす |
bokesaseru bokesasu |
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| Potential | 惚けられる 惚けれる³ |
ぼけられる ぼけれる³ |
bokerareru bokereru³ |
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| Volitional | 惚けよう | ぼけよう | bokeyō | |
| Negative | 惚けない 惚けぬ 惚けん |
ぼけない ぼけぬ ぼけん |
bokenai bokenu boken |
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| Negative continuative | 惚けず | ぼけず | bokezu | |
| Formal | 惚けます | ぼけます | bokemasu | |
| Perfective | 惚けた | ぼけた | boketa | |
| Conjunctive | 惚けて | ぼけて | bokete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 惚ければ | ぼければ | bokereba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential | ||||