Japanese

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Kanji in this term
てん
Grade: 1
ねん
Grade: 4

Jinmeiyō
on'yomi kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
天然ぼけ
天然ボケ
 
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Etymology

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Compound of 天然 (tennen, natural) +‎ 惚け (boke, fool, airhead)

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んねんぼけ [tèńnéńbóké] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [tẽ̞nːẽ̞mbo̞ke̞]

Noun

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(てん)(ねん)() (tennenboke

  1. natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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