しらばっくれる

Japanese

Alternative forms

• (less common) しらばくれる (shirabakureru)
• (less common) しらっぱくれる (shirappakureru)
• (shortening) ばっくれる (bakkureru)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “implied to be derived from しらばくれる in Koujien, Daijirin, Daijisen”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しらばっくれ​る [shìrábákkúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [6])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾa̠ba̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝɾe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

しらばっくれる • (shirabakkureru) ^{←しらばつくれる (sirabatukureru)?}ichidan (stem しらばっくれ (shirabakkure), past しらばっくれた (shirabakkureta))

1. to feign ignorance, to play dumb, to pretend to not know or understand something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "しらばっくれる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	しらばっくれ	shirabakkure
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	しらばっくれ	shirabakkure
Shūshikei ("terminal")	しらばっくれる	shirabakkureru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	しらばっくれる	shirabakkureru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	しらばっくれれ	shirabakkurere
Meireikei ("imperative")	しらばっくれよ¹ しらばっくれろ²	shirabakkureyo¹ shirabakkurero²
Key constructions
Passive	しらばっくれられる	shirabakkurerareru
Causative	しらばっくれさせる しらばっくれさす	shirabakkuresaseru shirabakkuresasu
Potential	しらばっくれられる しらばっくれれる³	shirabakkurerareru shirabakkurereru³
Volitional	しらばっくれよう	shirabakkureyō
Negative	しらばっくれない しらばっくれぬ しらばっくれん	shirabakkurenai shirabakkurenu shirabakkuren
Negative continuative	しらばっくれず	shirabakkurezu
Formal	しらばっくれます	shirabakkuremasu
Perfective	しらばっくれた	shirabakkureta
Conjunctive	しらばっくれて	shirabakkurete
Hypothetical conditional	しらばっくれれば	shirabakkurereba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

• 知(し)らんぷり (shiranpuri)