おろかもの

Japanese
Alternative spellings
愚か者
愚者 (rare)

Etymology

Compound of 愚か (oroka, “foolish, stupid”) +‎ 者 (mono, “person”).[1][2][3][4]

First cited to a text from 1722.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おろかもの [òrókámónó] (Heiban – [0])[3][5]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɾo̞ka̠mo̞no̞]

Noun

おろかもの • (orokamono) 

  1. [from 1722] fool, idiot
    Synonyms: 馬鹿 (baka), 阿呆 (ahō)

References
  1. “愚者”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. “愚か者”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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