What does とぼける mean?
とぼける is a Japanese verb meaning “to play dumb, to feign ignorance, to play innocent, to have a blank facial expression; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage” in English. It can also be translated as “to be in one's dotage” depending on context. It is written as とぼける in hiragana, and tobokeru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.