ぼう
Meanings
Noun
1. 仏教の僧侶を表す俗語、別称。
2. 髪型の一。頭部全体を等しい長さで短く刈り込んだもの。僧侶の多くが剃髪していたことから。
3. 人の頭や山林などが禿げ上がった状態、また毛足が短く揃った状態を指す表現。
4. 男児に呼びかける時の俗称。転じて、若年者への蔑称。
5. 魚がまったく釣れないこと。
Kanji used
boy
(one's) master
Pitch accent
うず
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Used in vocabulary (38 in total)
close-cropped hair; shaven head
sea monster; green turtle
① 晴天を祈り軒先などに吊るされる紙などで作られた人形。
young priest; scamp
close-cropped head; bald hill
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
① 晴天を祈り軒先などに吊るされる紙などで作られた人形。
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
overly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
bozu mekuri; bonze turnup; card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)
man with a bald or shaven head
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
shaved head; person with a shaved head
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk