Where does “時差ぼけ” come from?

時差ぼけ (Japanese) comes from Japanese ぼけ — a funnyman.

時差ぼけ (Japanese): jet lag

Definitions

  1. jet lag

Ancestry of “時差ぼけ”, step by step

時差ぼけ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese ぼけ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseぼけa funnyman

via Japanese 時差

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese時差time difference
Every word from Japanese ぼけ