おろか

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
愚か

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Cognate with 疎か (orosoka, oroka, “neglectful”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

おろか • (oroka) -na (adnominal おろかな (oroka na), adverbial おろかに (oroka ni))

  1. foolish
    • 2007, 新時代日漢辭典/新时代日汉辞典 (Xīn Shídài Rì-hàn Cídiǎn), 1st edition, 大新書局/大新书局 (Dàxīn Shūjú), →ISBN:
      愚(おろ)かな考(かんが)え
      orokana kangae
      a foolish thought
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Etymology 2

Alternative spelling
疎か

Pronunciation

Adjective

おろか • (oroka) -na (adnominal おろかな (oroka na), adverbial おろかに (oroka ni))

  1. a foolish waste of time to say
  2. let alone..., much less... (as ...はおろか)
    恋(こい)人(びと)はおろか、友(とも)達(だち)すらいない
    koibito wa oroka, tomodachi sura inai
    does not have friends, let alone a lover
Inflection

References

  1. “愚か・痴か・疎か”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
  2. “愚か”, 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
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