馬鹿力

Japanese
Kanji in this term
馬 鹿 力
ば
Grade: 2		 か
Grade: 4		 ちから > ぢから
Grade: 1

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Noun

馬(ば)鹿(か)力(ぢから) • (bakajikara) 

  1. great physical force or strength; brute force
    • 1988 July 30 [1983 December 25], 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), 16th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 36:
      そ、そうか……。これが火(か)事(じ)場(ば)のばか力(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. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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