Illustration: At the entrance of a familiar family home, an older man holds his own house key but looks uncertainly between the doorway and his adult daughter. Inside, a framed family photograph clearly shows the same pair standing together at this entrance.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

ボケる

bokeru

to become senile

Blunt when referring to age-related cognitive decline. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

祖父そふは自分じぶんがボケるのを心配しんぱいしている。
My grandfather worries about becoming senile.
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母ははは年としを取とってもボケないように、人ひととよく話はなす。
My mother talks with people often in hopes of staying sharp as she ages.
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祖母そぼがボケてから、同おなじ質問しつもんを繰くり返かえすようになった。
Since my grandmother became senile, she has started asking the same questions over and over.
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