Japanese

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Alternative spellings
愚か者
愚者 (rare)

Etymology

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Compound of 愚か (oroka, foolish, stupid) +‎ (mono, person).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1722.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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おろかもの (orokamono

  1. [from 1722] fool, idiot
    Synonyms: 馬鹿 (baka), 阿呆 (ahō)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 愚者”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 愚か者”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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