JLPT N1 · い-adjective

ばかばかしい (bakabakashii)

ばかばかしい is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “absurd; ridiculous”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.

Reading
ばかばかしい
Romaji
bakabakashii
Word class
い-adjective
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical · い-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

ばかばかしいとしか言いようがない。
It is neither more nor less than absurd.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of ばかばかしい

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Presentばかばかしいばかばかしい bakabakashii
Negativeばかばかしくないばかばかしくない bakabakashikunai
Pastばかばかしかったばかばかしかった bakabakashikatta
Negative pastばかばかしくなかったばかばかしくなかった bakabakashikunakatta
Te-formばかばかしくてばかばかしくて bakabakashikute
Adverb (~ku)ばかばかしくばかばかしく bakabakashiku
Conditional (~ba)ばかばかしければばかばかしければ bakabakashikereba

Source: JMdict entry 1471740 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.