馬鹿力

Japanese
Kanji in this term
馬 鹿 力
ば
Grade: 2		 か
Grade: S		 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
  • (Tokyo) ばかぢ​から [bàkájíꜜkàrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ka̠ʑika̠ɾa̠]

Noun

馬鹿力 (hiragana ばかぢから, rōmaji bakajikara)

  1. great physical force or strength; brute force
    • 1988 July 30 [Dec 25 1983], 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] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 1), volume 1 (fiction), 16th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 36:
      そ、そうか……。これが火 (か)事 (じ)場 (ば)のばか力 (ぢから)……。
      So, sō ka……. Kore ga kajiba no bakajikara…….
      Th-This is it……. This is the hysterical strength you gain during a fire…….

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
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