坊 (ぼう) — boy, monk, sonny

坊ぼう boy

Frequency #5042 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 1 character noun suffix

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ぼう

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. ぼう[1] atamadaka 頭高

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Meanings

boy
monk
sonny

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

ぼう坊 boy

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赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう) akanbou baby 坊(ぼう)主(ず) bouzu Buddhist monk 坊(ぼっ)ちゃん bocchan green young man from a well-to-do family 坊(ぼ)っちゃん bocchan green young man from a well-to-do family 寝(ね)坊(ぼう) nebou sleeping in late

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 坊 (5)

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