ばっくれる
Japanese
Etymology
Shortened form of しらばっくれる (shirabakkureru).
Verb
ばっくれる or バックレる • (bakkureru) ichidan (stem ばっくれ (bakkure), past ばっくれた (bakkureta))
- play dumb, feign ignorance
- (slang) evade one's responsibilities, especially by failing to appear to perform a duty
Usage notes
The sense of evading one's responsibilities is known as a young person's word, a type of slang typical of people in their twenties.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | ばっくれ | bakkure | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | ばっくれ | bakkure | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | ばっくれる | bakkureru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | ばっくれる | bakkureru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | ばっくれれ | bakkurere | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | ばっくれよ¹ ばっくれろ² |
bakkureyo¹ bakkurero² | |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | ばっくれられる | bakkurerareru | |
| Causative | ばっくれさせる ばっくれさす |
bakkuresaseru bakkuresasu | |
| Potential | ばっくれられる ばっくれれる³ |
bakkurerareru bakkurereru³ | |
| Volitional | ばっくれよう | bakkureyō | |
| Negative | ばっくれない ばっくれぬ ばっくれん |
bakkurenai bakkurenu bakkuren | |
| Negative continuative | ばっくれず | bakkurezu | |
| Formal | ばっくれます | bakkuremasu | |
| Perfective | ばっくれた | bakkureta | |
| Conjunctive | ばっくれて | bakkurete | |
| Hypothetical conditional | ばっくれれば | bakkurereba | |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential