Illustration: In a Japanese apartment living room, an adult has surrounded one peanut on a low table with miniature traffic cones, string barriers, and an elaborate cardboard watchtower. They crouch beside it with binoculars and an intensely serious expression.

JLPT N1i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ばかばかしい

bakabakashii

ridiculous, absurd

Example sentences

ばかばかしいとしか言いいようがない。
It is neither more nor less than absurd.
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彼かれの話はなしはばかばかしいと言いってもいいくらいだった。
His speech verged on the ridiculous.
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ばかばかしい企画きかくね。
Such a stupid proposal.
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