ぼう
Meanings
Noun
1. bonze; monk
2. monk's dwelling
when read as "ぼう"
3. boy; son; sonny
4. I; me
used by male children
when read as "ぼう"
Suffix
Familiar language
5. little
after name; familiar form of address
when read as "ぼう"
6. person who is ...
often preceded by ん
when read as "ぼう"
Kanji used
boy
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (54 in total)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
glutton; gourmand
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
middle-school student
oversleeping; late riser
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
temple; monk's quarters; monk
visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grand master of the game of go
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand (in kabuki); prompter
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
priests' temple quarters
being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet; beggar; tramp; prostitute; streetwalker; tout (for a hostess bar)
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
flustered person; hasty person
all over town
head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
naked person (esp. child)
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
beetle-browed boy; mischief
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko
master priest
glutton; gourmand
(Internet) troll
wheedling child; spoiled child (spoilt); pampered child; child who always demands attention
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
former crown prince; the late crown prince
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
naughty child; unruly child
master of the priests quarters
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)
wild boar piglet
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)