JLPT N3 · な-adjective

馬鹿 (baka)

馬鹿 (ばか, baka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “idiot; moron”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ばか
Romaji: baka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

idiot; moron; fool · noun · usually written in kana
stupid; foolish; dull; absurd; ridiculous · な-adjective · usually written in kana
trivial; insignificant; disappointing · noun, な-adjective · usually written in kana
malfunctioning; defective; losing sensation · noun, な-adjective · usually written in kana
incredibly; unusually; exceptionally · noun, prefix noun · usually written in kana, slang

Example sentences

こんな荒れ模様の日に外出するなんて君は馬鹿だよ。

You are an idiot to go out in this weather.

Tatoeba #217362

なんという馬鹿なことだろう。

What a piece of folly!

Tatoeba #198852

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

Conjugation of 馬鹿

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	馬鹿だ	ばかだ bakada
Present (polite)	馬鹿です	ばかです bakadesu
Negative	馬鹿じゃない	ばかじゃない bakajanai
Past	馬鹿だった	ばかだった bakadatta
Negative past	馬鹿じゃなかった	ばかじゃなかった bakajanakatta
Te-form	馬鹿で	ばかで bakade
Before a noun	馬鹿な	ばかな bakana
Adverb (~ni)	馬鹿に	ばかに bakani

Kanji in 馬鹿

馬

horseバ・メ・うま・ま · 10 strokes

鹿

deerロク・しか・か · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 馬鹿.

馬うまhorse競馬けいばhorse racing

Source: JMdict entry 1601260 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.