JLPT N1 · な-adjective

愚か (oroka)

愚か (おろか, oroka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “foolish; stupid”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おろか
Romaji: oroka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

foolish; stupid; silly · な-adjective

Example sentences

そんな愚かなことを言うな。

Do not say such foolish things.

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

Conjugation of 愚か

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	愚かだ	おろかだ orokada
Present (polite)	愚かです	おろかです orokadesu
Negative	愚かじゃない	おろかじゃない orokajanai
Past	愚かだった	おろかだった orokadatta
Negative past	愚かじゃなかった	おろかじゃなかった orokajanakatta
Te-form	愚かで	おろかで orokade
Before a noun	愚かな	おろかな orokana
Adverb (~ni)	愚かに	おろかに orokani

Kanji in 愚か

愚

foolish, folly, absurdityグ・おろ.か · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 愚か.

愚痴ぐちidle complaint

Source: JMdict entry 1245100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.