呆

to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted

to be astonished to hear; to be incredulous about; to express disbelief

As 〜が聞いてあきれる, used to indicate incredulous dismissal of some claim

who do you think you're kidding by saying (that); what a laugh!

to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

ridiculous; stupid; foolish; absurd; laughable

fool; blockhead; idiot; dunce

ridiculous

laughing in astonishment (at something silly or stupid); scoff

Word usually written using kana alone; Kansai-ben

fool; oaf; airhead

あほだら only; Abbreviation

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events

astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock

Derogatory

complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict

Pun on あほだら and 陀羅尼経

mock Buddhist sutra; type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events; ahodarakyō

fool; idiot

From the first line of a song sung during the Awa Odori festival

you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance

senile dementia

senile dementia

natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes

to become senile due to illness; to become wasted by illness

a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded

Proverb

there's no medicine for stupidity

to be dumbfounded; to be amazed

paralytic dementia

dementia pugilistica; boxer's dementia; punch-drunk syndrome

Idiomatic expression

only a fool with no manners asks for another helping more than once; only fools are gluttons

Noun or verb acting prenominally

worn-out; threadbare; timeworn; weathered; musty