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馬鹿らしい (ばからしい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
i-adjective
absurd ; ridiculous ; foolish ; silly
Expresses that something is so unreasonable or pointless that it feels laughable or beneath consideration. Often used when the speaker feels it's not worth taking seriously.
It's absurd to apologize at this point.
Written forms 馬ば 鹿か らしい
Standard kanji spelling; the reading ばからしい is the most common.
バカらしい
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used for emphasis or casual tone; the reading is the same ばからしい.
Similar words 馬ば 鹿か 馬鹿 is a noun/adjectival noun meaning 'fool' or 'stupid', while 馬鹿らしい is an adjective that describes a situation or thing as absurd or laughably foolish.
愚おろ かしい 愚かしい is more formal and literary, meaning 'foolish' in a serious or moral sense, whereas 馬鹿らしい is more colloquial and carries a nuance of being laughably absurd.
Etymology Derived from 馬鹿 (fool, absurd) + らしい (seeming, typical of). The word 馬鹿 itself has uncertain origins, possibly from Sanskrit 'moha' (ignorance) via Buddhist texts, or from a Chinese story about a deer called a horse.
