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ボケ
Boke is the partner who says something absurd or misses the point on purpose, setting up the retort. English has no single word for it. It is used socially too: a friend who is the boke of the group is the scatterbrained one everyone teases. As a verb, bokeru means to play dumb.
Examples in context
彼はボケ担当で、天然な発言が多い。
He plays the comic fool, and often says airheaded things.
わざとボケてみたが、誰も拾ってくれなかった。
I acted the fool on purpose, but nobody picked up on it.
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