馬鹿力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鹿

Grade: 2

Grade: S
ちから > ぢから
Grade: 1

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 馬鹿 (baka, stupid) + (chikara, strength; force).[1][2] The chikara reading for changes to jikara as an instance of rendaku (連濁). . The 馬鹿 spelling is ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かぢから [bàkájíꜜkàrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ka̠ʑika̠ɾa̠]

Noun

馬鹿力 (hiragana ばかぢから, rōmaji bakajikara)

  1. great physical force or strength; brute force
    • 1988 July 30 [Dec 25 1983], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War]”, in ひとりぼっちの宇宙戦争 [The One-Man Cosmic War] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 16th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 36:
      そ、そうか……。これが () () ()ばか (ぢから)……。
      So, sō ka……. Kore ga kajiba no bakajikara…….
      Th-This is it……. This is the hysterical strength you gain during a fire…….

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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