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The word Baka is the Japanese word that means idiot, fool
or silly (depending on context).
Baka essentially translates to "horse-deer". The story behind baka is of
a Chinese emperor who spots a horse (馬). He calls it a deer (鹿) and all but
one of his advisors agree. The dissenting advisor proves that it really is a
horse and the emperor executes his other sycophant advisors and raises the
correct one to chief advisor.
It should be noted that it is a Japanese story, not a Chinese one. It
seems to be a misinterpretation of a well-known story behind a Chinese idiom
-- Point at a deer and call it a horse", which means to confound right and
wrong intentionally.
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