[とぼける, tobokeru](v1, vi) (1) to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression; (2) to play the fool; (3) to be in one's dotage; (P)[Add to Longdo]
[ぼける(呆ける;惚ける)(P);ほうける, bokeru ( boke ru ; boke ru )(P); houkeru](v1, vi) (1) to grow senile; to be childish with age; (2) to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; (3) (ほうける only) to become engrossed (in something); (P)[Add to Longdo]