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
Noun
馬鹿力 • (bakajikara)
- 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] ((deprecated template usage) 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……。これが火事場のばか力……。
- So, sō ka……. Kore ga kajiba no bakajikara…….
- Th-This is it……. This is the hysterical strength you gain during a fire…….
- そ、そうか……。これが火事場のばか力……。
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