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 (Dejitaru Daijisen)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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