天才と狂人は紙一重

てんさいときょうじんはかみひとえ

there's but a fine line between genius and insanity

紙一重

かみひとえ

paper-thin (difference)

馬鹿

ばか バカ

fool, idiot

馬鹿も一芸

ばかもいちげい

even a fool has one talent

天才

てんさい

genius, prodigy, natural gift

馬鹿馬鹿しい

ばかばかしい バカバカしい

absurd, ridiculous, silly, ludicrous, nonsensical, asinine, foolish

一才

いっさい いちさい

one-year-old

馬鹿と鋏は使い様

ばかとはさみはつかいよう

Everything comes in handy when rightly used

馬鹿穴

ばかあな

clearance hole (hole for a bolt, screw, etc., which is large enough to allow the thread, etc. to pass through)

馬鹿に

ばかに

ridiculously, unusually, exceptionally

大馬鹿

おおバカ おおばか

extreme foolishness, utter fool

薄馬鹿

うすばか

dimwit

馬鹿話

ばかばなし

foolish talk

馬鹿者

ばかもの ばかしゃ

moron, idiot, stupid person

馬鹿力

ばかぢから

great physical power, animal strength

小馬鹿

こばか

a fool

ワープロ馬鹿

ワープロばか

someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer

馬鹿面

ばかづら

foolish face, stupid look on one's face

馬鹿チョンカメラ

ばかチョンカメラ バカチョンカメラ

automatic camera