とぼける

play dumb, pretend not to know

とぼけ play dumb, pretend not to know + る Plain non-past
verb · present tense Rare #36,392
play dumb, pretend not to know Often used when accusing someone of pretending not to know something.
JA: そんなこと、とぼけるつもり?
EN: Are you going to play dumb about that?

とぼけるつもり?

Are you going to play dumb?

— ダーク・プレイス (2015)

とぼけるなよ

Don't play dumb.

— M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (1931)

俺は何も…とぼけるな

I didn't do anything... Don't play dumb.

— グッドフェローズ (1990)

とぼけるな

Don't play dumb.

— ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・ハリウッド (2019)

何をその…あなたは一体とぼけるねえ!

What are you…? You really know how to play dumb!

— 生きる (1952)