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馬鹿でかい (ばかでかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

馬ば鹿かでかい

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Meanings

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i-adjective

ridiculously large; huge; enormous

Colloquial and emphatic; ばか (foolish) intensifies the size, implying something is absurdly or laughably big. Often used in casual speech.

あの家いえは馬ば鹿かでかい庭にわがある。
That house has a ridiculously large garden.
馬ば鹿かでかい荷に物もつを持もって

き

た

ね

。

You brought a ridiculously huge piece of luggage, didn't you?

Written forms

馬ば鹿かでかい
Standard kanji-kana spelling; 馬鹿 is the usual kanji for ばか.
バカでかい
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling of the ばか portion, often used for emphasis or in casual writing.

Kanji

馬horse
鹿deer

Similar words

でかい
でかい is a casual word for 'big' or 'huge'. 馬鹿でかい adds the intensifier 馬鹿 (foolish), making it more emphatic and colloquial, like 'ridiculously big'.
巨きょ大だい
巨大 is a more formal or neutral word for 'huge' or 'gigantic'. 馬鹿でかい is much more casual and carries a nuance of absurdity.

Etymology

Compound of 馬鹿 (ばか, 'foolish') + でかい ('big'). The prefix 馬鹿 intensifies the adjective, implying something is so large it's foolish or absurd.