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What Does Baka Mean in Anime?

Have you ever been watching an anime and wondered what does baka mean? Well, considering how often it is used throughout the medium, as well as in pop culture and in an anime fans day to day lives, you certainly aren’t alone. Here is everything you need to know about what this highly used term means.

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What Does Baka Mean in Anime?

Depending on the context of the conversation, Baka can be used in a few different ways. I can be a noun for a fool or a crazy or stupid person or it can also be used to call a situation stupid. More often than not, though, the term baka in anime is used to call someone an idiot.

According to Dictionary.com, a common origin story for the term suggests that it comes from the story of a courtier who calls a deer a horse, as it is written in Japanese using those characters. The term has been used as an insult as early as the 14th century.

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