ボケる
Meanings
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
1. to grow senile; to be childish with age (Usually kana)
2. to be mentally slow; to be befuddled (Usually kana)
3. to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine) (Usually kana)
Other readings
Examples3
最近、 物忘れ が 激しくて。 少し ボケて きた の かな?
Could I be going soft in the head? I forget things so easily these days.
彼 は このごろ 頭 が ぼけて きた。
He had grown senile recently.
台所 で ころんで 以来 彼女 は ぼけて しまった。
Ever since she fell in the kitchen, she hasn't been all there.