{"id":70283,"date":"2014-08-07T15:24:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T15:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.strattoncraig.com\/insight\/japanese-phrases-part-three\/"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:24:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T15:24:27","slug":"japanese-phrases-part-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.strattoncraig.com\/us\/insight\/japanese-phrases-part-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with fools – Japanese phrases, part three"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my research into Japanese idioms and phrases, I\u2019ve discovered that there are a lot of ways to describe and insult an idiot. I\u2019ll take you through some of these in this, the third installment of my series on Japanese phrases. You can take a look back at part one<\/a> and part two<\/a>, too.
\nThe Japanese word for \u2018idiot\u2019 is \u2018baka\u2019 \u2013 and the kanji for \u2018baka\u2019 combines the symbols for \u2018horse\u2019 and \u2018deer\u2019 (\u99ac\u9e7f).
\nThere are plenty of other words to describe someone who might not be the sharpest tool in the shed \u2013 and that\u2019s surprisingly a phrase that doesn\u2019t translate into Japanese all that well. You can, however, use any and all of the following:<\/p>\n