馬鹿野郎

馬鹿野郎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
馬	鹿	野	郎
ば Grade: 2 (ateji)	か Grade: 4 (ateji)	や Grade: 2	ろう Grade: S
kan’on	kun’yomi	on’yomi

Alternative spelling
馬鹿野郞 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 馬鹿 (baka, “stupid, idiot”) +‎ 野郎 (yarō, “bumpkin”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばかや​ろー [bàká yáꜜròò] (Nakadaka – [3])[2][3]
• (Tokyo) ばかやろ​ー [bàká yáróꜜò] (Nakadaka – [4])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠ka̠ ja̠ɾo̞ː]

Noun

馬(ば)鹿(か)野(や)郎(ろう) • (baka yarō) ^{←ばかやらう (bakayarau)?}

1. idiot, moron, nimrod

   Synonyms: (Hakata) ばかちん (bakachin), (Hakata) ばかたれ (bakatare)

   • 1990 June 25 [Feb 17 1990], Morikawa, George, “Round(ラウンド) ５　1965年(ねん)のアッパーカット [Round 5: 1965’s Uppercut]”, in はじめの一(いっ)歩(ぽ) THE FIGHTING! [The First Step: THE FIGHTING!], volume 1 (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 131:

     バカヤロオ　会長(じじい)の歳(とし)　考(かんが)えろ　心(しん)臓(ぞう)止(と)まっちまうだろうが‼

     Baka yarō jijī no toshi kangaero shinzō tomatchimau darō ga‼

     You idiot!! Think about gramps’s age!! His heart coulda stopped‼

   • 2000 August 10, Andō, Yūma; Asaki, Masashi, “喧(けん)嘩(か)屋(や)　国(くに)光(みつ) [Kunimitsu, Brawl Delivery]”, in サイコメトラーEIJI(エイジ) [Psychometrer EIJI], volume 24 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN:

     ハーッハーッ　バカ野(や)郎(ろう)　不(ふ)死(じ)身(み)の武(む)藤(とう)国(くに)光(みつ)をナメンなよ⁉

     Hāhhā' Baka yarō Fujimi no Mutō Kunimitsu o namen na yo⁉

     Hahahaha! Morons! Ya never heard o' the indestructible Mutō Kunimitsu!?

Derived terms

• バーロー (bārō)
• バーロ (bāro)
• バッケヤロ (bakkeyaro)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: bakero
• → Mandarin: 八格牙路 (bāgéyálù), 八格牙魯／八格牙鲁 (bāgéyálǔ)
• → Marshallese: bōkāro

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN