馬鹿にする (bakanisuru) Japanese meaning: make fun of | Kotomora

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馬鹿にする · suru verb (irregular)

Meanings

Used when treating someone or something as foolish or unimportant, often with a dismissive or contemptuous attitude.

見み下くだすN1
見下す emphasizes looking down on someone from a position of superiority, while 馬鹿にする focuses on treating someone or something as foolish.
嘲笑あざわらうN1
嘲笑う is a stronger, more literary verb meaning to mock or sneer at openly, whereas 馬鹿にする is a common, everyday expression.
軽けい蔑べつN1
軽蔑する is a formal word for feeling contempt or disdain, while 馬鹿にする is more casual and often implies mocking behavior rather than just an attitude.
侮あなどるN1
侮る means to underestimate or treat someone as weak, while 馬鹿にする specifically implies treating someone as foolish or ridiculous.

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からかうN2
馬鹿にする is stronger and more derogatory, meaning to look down on or ridicule someone, whereas からかう is usually light-hearted teasing.
嘲あざけるN1
ばかにする is a common everyday way to say someone is looked down on, while 嘲る is more literary and sharper in its scorn.
子こ供ども扱あつかいN2
馬鹿にする means to mock or belittle someone in any way, whereas 子供扱い specifically implies patronizing someone by treating them as immature.
ディス
バカにする means to make fun of or look down on someone in a general, everyday way, while ディス specifically implies openly disrespecting or trash-talking someone, often in rap or online slang contexts.

尊そん重ちょうN3
尊重する means to respect or value someone's opinion or existence, the opposite of 馬鹿にする, which means to belittle or mock them.

馬ば鹿かげる
馬鹿げる is an intransitive verb describing something as being silly or absurd in itself, while 馬鹿にする is a transitive expression meaning to mock or belittle someone.

馬ば鹿かにする
Standard kanji spelling for the expression.
バカにする
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is sometimes used for emphasis or in informal contexts.

Combination of 馬鹿 (fool, idiot) and にする (to treat as). The phrase literally means 'to treat as a fool'.