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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らばっくれ [shìrábákkúréꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [6])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾa̠ba̠k̚kɯ̟ɾe̞ɾɯ̟]

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

References

  1. ^ https://gogen-yurai.jp/shirabakureru/
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN