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馬鹿馬鹿しい

ばかばかしい

absurd; ridiculous; utterly nonsensical

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Examples

  1. そんな話は馬鹿馬鹿しい。

    そんなはなしはばかばかしい。

    That story is ridiculous.

  2. 馬鹿馬鹿しくて付き合っていられない。

    ばかばかしくてつきあっていられない。

    It's so absurd I can't go along with it.

  3. 馬鹿馬鹿しいほど値段が高い。

    ばかばかしいほどねだんがたかい。

    The price is ridiculously high.

Common patterns

馬鹿馬鹿しい話
an absurd story
馬鹿馬鹿しくなる
to start feeling it's all pointless
馬鹿馬鹿しいほど
ridiculously (to an absurd degree)

Memory tip

Describes situations, arguments and prices — not people; calling a person 馬鹿 is the insult. The doubling intensifies: 馬鹿らしい is 'silly', 馬鹿馬鹿しい is 'beyond absurd'. Usually written in kana.

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