Baka (Japanese word)
Pejorative term in the Japanese language / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"馬鹿" redirects here. For a Chinese meaning of the same characters, see Red deer.
For other uses, see Baka.
Baka (馬鹿, ばか in hiragana, or バカ in katakana) means "fool", or (as an adjectival noun) "foolish" and is the most frequently used pejorative term in the Japanese language.[1] The word baka has a long history, an uncertain etymology (possibly from Sanskrit or Classical Chinese), and linguistic complexities.