ボウ
Meanings
Noun
1. bonze; monk
2. boy; son; sonny
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (45 in total)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
wild boar piglet
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
naughty child; unruly child
baby; infant
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
glutton; gourmand
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
second son
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
middle-school student
oversleeping; late riser
temple; monk's quarters; monk
visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters
flustered person; hasty person
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go
naked person (esp. child)
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet; beggar; tramp; prostitute; streetwalker; tout (for a hostess bar)
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
all over town
head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters
beetle-browed boy; mischief
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko
master priest
former crown prince; the late crown prince
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
master of the priests quarters
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)
part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)