呆ける

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive

   to grow senile; to be childish with age
2. to be mentally slow; to be befuddled
3. to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

Forms

• 彼かれはこのごろ頭あたまがぼけてきた。

  He had grown senile recently.

• 台所だいどころでころんで以来いらい彼女かのじょはぼけてしまった。

  Ever since she fell in the kitchen, she hasn't been all there.

• 最近さいきん、物忘ものわすれが激はげしくて。少すこしボケてきたのかな？

  Could I be going soft in the head? I forget things so easily these days.