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いもぼう
imohoribouzu
noun
uneducated monk, ignorant monk, potato-digging monk(archaism, derogatory)

noun
wild boar piglet(usually kana)

noun
short-tempered or irritable person

noun
black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オニボウズギス

noun
1.
son (of others), boy, young master(honorific language)
2.
green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
Other readings:
お坊っちゃま【おぼっちゃま】
御坊ちゃま【おぼっちゃま】
御坊っちゃま【おぼっちゃま】

noun
1.
son (of others), boy, young master(honorific language)
2.
green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world
Other readings:
お坊っちゃん【おぼっちゃん】
御坊ちゃん【おぼっちゃん】
御坊っちゃん【おぼっちゃん】

noun
1.
cemetery guard
2.
crematorium worker
Other readings:
隠坊【おんぼう】
御坊【おんぼう】

noun
hide-and-seek (game), hide-and-go-seek(usually kana)
Other readings:
かくれんぼ《隠れんぼ》
かくれんぼう《隠れん坊》

noun
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people

noun
naughty child, unruly child
Other readings:
聞かん坊【きかんぼう】
利かん坊【きかんぼう】

ぼう
kuishinbou
noun, na-adjective, no-adjective
glutton, gourmand
Other readings:
食いしん坊【くいしんぼ】
くいしん坊【くいしんぼう】
くいしん坊【くいしんぼ】
食いしんぼう【くいしんぼう】

noun
1.
black person(derogatory, usually kana)
See also:白んぼ
2.
well-tanned person(usually kana)
3.
(wheat) smut(usually kana)
4.
stagehand (in kabuki), prompter(usually kana)
Other readings:
くろんぼ《黒ん坊》
くろんぼう《黒ん坊》
クロンボ
クロンボー

noun, na-adjective
miser, cheapskate, skinflint
Other readings:
けちん坊【けちんぼ】
吝嗇ん坊【けちんぼう】
吝嗇ん坊【けちんぼ】

noun
Buddhist monk(derogatory)
Other readings:
乞食坊主【こつじきぼうず】

noun
merlin (Falco columbarius), pigeon hawk(usually kana)
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コチョウゲンボウ

noun
1.
temple, monk's quarters(honorific language)
2.
monk(honorific language)

どうさいぼう
korenikoriyodousaibou
expression
take it as a lesson learned, learn from this (mistake)(道才坊, 道斎坊 are ateji)
Other readings:
これに懲りよ道斎坊【これにこりよどうさいぼう】
此れに懲りよ道才坊【これにこりよどうさいぼう】

noun
lonely person, someone who easily succumbs to loneliness(usually kana)
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さびしんぼう《寂しんぼう》

noun
visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple, priest's quarters

noun
white person, whitey(slang, derogatory, usually kana)
See also:黒んぼ
Other readings:
しろんぼ《白ん坊》
シロンボ

noun
1.
plain (e.g. face), smooth
2.
slovenly

noun
1.
plain (e.g. face), smooth
See also:ずべら坊
2.
slovenly
Other readings:
ずんべら坊【ずんべらぼう】

noun
tub-thumping preacher, preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon, pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)(yojijukugo)

noun
former crown prince, the late crown prince

noun
priests' temple quarters
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僧房【そうぼう】

たいへいようあかぼうもど
taiheiyouakaboumodoki
noun
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus), Indo-Pacific beaked whale, tropical bottlenose whale(usually kana)
Other readings:
タイヘイヨウアカボウモドキ

noun
1.
being kept standing (without doing anything), remaining on one's feet
2.
beggar, tramp
3.
prostitute, streetwalker
4.
tout (for a hostess bar)
5.
street drug pusher
6.
day laborer standing and waiting for a job
Other readings:
立ちん坊【たちんぼ】
立ちんぼ【たちんぼ】
立ちんぼう【たちんぼう】

noun
silent person, taciturn person(archaism)
Other readings:
黙坊【だまりんぼう】
黙坊【だんまりぼう】

noun
middle-school student(slang)(orig. an abbrev. of 中学生の坊や)

noun
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)(usually kana)
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チョウゲンボウ

noun
1.
wooden doll
2.
blockhead, good-for-nothing
Other readings:
でくの坊【でくのぼう】

ぼう
teruterubouzu
noun
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
Other readings:
照る照る坊主【てるてるぼうず】
照照坊主【てるてるぼうず】
照々坊主【てるてるぼうず】

noun, auxillary suru verb
standing in the way, block the way

noun
part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)(archaism)

noun
dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ネズッポ

na-adjective, no-adjective
1.
smooth, flat, lacking bumps and dents(usually kana)
2.
featureless, uneventful(usually kana)
noun
3.
noppera-bō, mythical being with flat featureless face(usually kana)
Other readings:
のっぺらぼう《野箆坊》
のっぺらぽう《のっぺら坊》
のっぺらぽう《野箆坊》
ぬっぺらぼう《野箆坊》

noun
nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

noun
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ヒメチョウゲンボウ

na-adjective, noun
1.
absurd, unreasonable, awful, terrible, extreme(usually kana)
noun
2.
fool, idiot(usually kana, derogatory)
Other readings:
べらぼう《箆棒》[1]
べらぼう《篦棒》[1]
べらぼう《便乱坊》
ベラボー
Notes:
  1. ateji (phonetic) reading

noun
1.
bonze, monk
2.
monk's dwelling(only relevant for ぼう)
3.
boy, son, sonny
4.
I, me(only relevant for ぼう)(used by male children)
suffix
5.
little(familiar language)(only relevant for ぼう)(after name; familiar form of address)
6.
person who is ...(only relevant for ぼう)(often preceded by ん)
Other readings:
【ぼん】

ぼう
bouzukusai
adjective
overly pious, sanctimonious, priestly, monkish
Other readings:
坊主臭い【ぼうずくさい】

noun
female or male prostitute serving a monk, luring a monk into depredation

ぼうにくにく
bouzunikukeryakesamadenikui
expression
if you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for, hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments(proverb)

noun
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ボウズハゼ

ぼうまるもう
bouzumarumouke
expression
monks make pure profit, monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit

ぼう
bouzumekuri
noun
bozu mekuri, bonze turnup, card game played with a hyakunin isshu deck
See also:百人一首
Other readings:
坊主捲り【ぼうずめくり】

noun
master of the priests quarters

noun
bowl cut, mushroom cut
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坊ちゃん刈【ぼっちゃんがり】

noun
Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition), Honinbo Tournament

noun
1.
monk, priest(honorific language)
2.
boy(honorific language, familiar language)
Other readings:
坊ん様【ぼんさま】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage

noun
young gentleman, boy(usually kana, Kansai-ben (dialect))
See also:ぼんぼん

noun
1.
head temple (of a branch temple)
2.
head priest's temple quarters

maneshinbo
noun
copycat
Other readings:
真似しんぼう【まねしんぼう】
真似しん坊【まねしんぼ】
真似しん坊【まねしんぼう】

na-adjective, noun
fop, swell, dude, coxcomb, vain person

noun
person who cannot stick to anything, unsteady worker, monk for three days(yojijukugo)
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三日ぼうず【みっかぼうず】

noun
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
Other readings:
柚子坊【ゆずぼう】

noun
naughty boy, mischievous boy, little rascal, brat(yojijukugo)