ほざく

Japanese

Etymology

According to one theory, from Old Japanese 呪く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to curse”), originally to be the same word with 祝く (<posaku> → hosaku, “to say words of celebration”), from the same root with 祝く (<poku> → hoku, “to chant words of celebration for hoping for good results; to cast a curse and consult the divine will”).

Compare ふざける (fuzakeru, “to joke around”) and dialectal words ほたく (hotaku, “(dated, chiefly Sado) act violently, struggle”), ほだく (hodaku, “(Kantō) (derogatory) to say; to make noise; to joke around”) and ほたえる (hotaeru, “(chiefly Kansai, Chūgoku and Shikoku) to joke around, to make noise”).

Verb

ほざく • (hozaku) godan (stem ほざき (hozaki), past ほざいた (hozaita))

1. (derogatory) say, prate, prattle

   馬鹿(ばか)な事(こと)をほざくな。

   Baka na koto o hozaku na.

   Quit saying such foolish things!

2. (obsolete, attached to continuative form of a verb) fucking, shows contempt for the action described
   • 1720, Shinjū Ten no Amijima (心中天の網島)

     扨(さて)は盗(ぬすみ)ほざいたな

     sate wa nusumi hozaita na

     So you fucking stole it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ほざく" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	ほざか	hozaka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	ほざき	hozaki
Shūshikei ("terminal")	ほざく	hozaku
Rentaikei ("attributive")	ほざく	hozaku
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	ほざけ	hozake
Meireikei ("imperative")	ほざけ	hozake
Key constructions
Passive	ほざかれる	hozakareru
Causative	ほざかせる ほざかす	hozakaseru hozakasu
Potential	ほざける	hozakeru
Volitional	ほざこう	hozakō
Negative	ほざかない	hozakanai
Negative continuative	ほざかず	hozakazu
Formal	ほざきます	hozakimasu
Perfective	ほざいた	hozaita
Conjunctive	ほざいて	hozaite
Hypothetical conditional	ほざけば	hozakeba

Synonyms

• 抜(ぬ)かす (nukasu)
• 言(い)いやがる (iiyagaru)