馬鹿らしい|ばからしいbakarashii[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
バカらしいbakarashii
Definitions
  1. i-adjectiveabsurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous; preposterous; laughable; ridiculous
    彼女かのじょは馬鹿ばからしい質問しつもんをされていらいらした。↗
    She got rattled by the stupid question.
Conjugation
Plain form馬鹿らしい(ばからしい)
Polite (desu)馬鹿らしいです(ばからしいです)
Negative (kunai)馬鹿らしくない(ばからしくない)
polite (ku arimasen)馬鹿らしくありません(ばからしくありません)
Past (katta)馬鹿らしかった(ばからしかった)
Past negative (kunakatta)馬鹿らしくなかった(ばからしくなかった)
Te form (kute)馬鹿らしくて(ばからしくて)
Adverbial (ku)馬鹿らしく(ばからしく)
Conditional (kereba)馬鹿らしければ(ばからしければ)
kattara馬鹿らしかったら(ばからしかったら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymくだらないNeutralCovers anything dull or not worth mentioning; 「馬鹿らしい」 stresses that the thing defies common sense.
  • Synonym愚かおろかNeutralDescribes foolish people as well as acts and judgments, as in 「愚かな判断」; 「馬鹿らしい」 is about the thing seeming absurd.
  • Synonym荒唐無稽こうとうむけいWrittenFour-character idiom for baseless, preposterous nonsense; belongs to formal prose.
  • Synonym無茶むちゃNeutralCovers reckless, unreasonable behavior and going too far; 「馬鹿らしい」 stresses finding the thing laughable.
  • SynonymめちゃくちゃCasualColloquial for chaotic, nonsensical messes; 「馬鹿らしい」 stresses that the thing seems absurd and laughable.
  • SynonymばかばかしいNeutralThe reduplicated form adds emphasis: utterly absurd, completely pointless. Stronger than 「馬鹿らしい」.
  • Synonym阿呆らしいあほらしいCasualKansai colloquialism for something silly and pointless; more casual than 「馬鹿らしい」.
  • SynonymアホくさいCasualKansai slang for something silly and absurd; rougher in tone than 「馬鹿らしい」.
  • Synonym馬鹿げたばかげたNeutralDescribes something absurd and foolish; often used to modify nouns, as in 「馬鹿げた話」.
  • SynonymバカくさいCasualSlang for something silly and laughable; rougher in tone than 「馬鹿らしい」.
  • Related無駄むだNeutralFocuses on futility and wasted effort; 「馬鹿らしい」 stresses that the thing seems absurd or laughable.
  • Related甲斐無いかいないWrittenWritten/formal word for pointless, wasted effort; 「馬鹿らしい」 stresses the absurdity of the thing.
  • Antonym賢いかしこいNeutralAntonym: wise and clever, the opposite of the foolishness and absurdity of 「馬鹿らしい」.

Default to 「馬鹿らしい」 when something seems absurd and not worth doing. Use 「馬鹿馬鹿しい」 for stronger emphasis and 「アホらしい」 in Kansai speech. For something merely boring, pick 「下らない」; for wasted effort, 「無駄」. 「賢い」 is the opposite.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 愚おろかに見みえる。
  2. 無意味むいみだ。つまらない。
Kanji in this word
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