Word Meaning 愚か

おろか oro ka

愚か is read as おろか (oro ka) and means foolish.

Meaning

English

  1. foolish
  2. stupid
  3. silly

Reading

Kana

おろか

Romaji

oro ka

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Antonyms 賢い,聡い Rank 7344 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

愚痴

ぐち

moha (ignorance, folly)

愚連隊

ぐれんたい

gang of young toughs

I

愚行

ぐこう

foolish act

愚直

ぐちょく

simple honesty

愚民政策

ぐみんせいさく

policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated

愚公山を移す

ぐこうやまをうつす

where there's a will, there's a way

愚弄

ぐろう

mockery

衆愚政治

しゅうぐせいじ

mobocracy

Example Sentences

10

おろかなかんがえはすてなさい。

Give up those foolish thoughts.

かれはじぶんのおろかさにきづいた。

He realized his own folly.

おろかなふるまいはよしなさい。

Stop behaving foolishly.

He is foolish.

Humans are silly.

Fools are happy.

In other words, you're a fool.

The world is full of fools.

Tom is an arrogant idiot.

Stupidity is the relaxation of intelligence.