ぼける

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉がぼけるfor something (an image, photo, etc.) to become blurry

  古ふるい写しゃ真しんがぼけて誰だれなのかよく分わからない。

  The old photo is so blurry I can't tell who it is.

• ピントがぼけるfor the focus (of a camera or lens) to go blurry

  手てが動うごいてピントがぼけてしまった。

  My hand moved and the focus came out blurry.

• 記き憶おくがぼけるfor a memory to fade or become unclear

  年ねん月げつがたって、あの日ひの記き憶おくがぼけてきた。

  As the years passed, my memory of that day started to fade.

• 輪りん郭かくがぼけるfor an outline or edge to become blurred or indistinct

  遠とおくの山やまは霧きりで輪りん郭かくがぼけて見みえた。

  The distant mountains looked hazy, their outlines blurred by the mist.