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とぼける
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
Usually written in kana
1. to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
2. to play the fool
3. to be in one's dotage
Alt. forms
とぼける
93%
惚とぼける
5%
恍とぼける
1%
Pitch accent
と
ぼけ
る
Top 6900
Conjugations...Used in: 2162
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
to play dumb; to feign innocence
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to play dumb; to feign innocence
to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
Examples (1 in total)
Don't play dumb. You know very well what we're talking about.