"ぶうぶう" meaning in Japanese

See ぶうぶう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [bɯ̟ːbɯ̟ː] Forms: ぶうぶう [canonical], ブーブー [canonical], būbū [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|ja}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|ブーブー}} ぶうぶう or ブーブー • (būbū)
  1. honking
    Sense id: en-ぶうぶう-ja-adv-GnFh15Br Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 20 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 32 26 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 30 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 29 4
  2. grumbling; complaining
    Sense id: en-ぶうぶう-ja-adv-0Ukr4WLM Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 20 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 32 26 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 30 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 29 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ブー ()

Noun

IPA: [bɯ̟ːbɯ̟ː] Forms: ぶうぶう [canonical], ブーブー [canonical], būbū [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeia|ja}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{ja-noun|ブーブー}} ぶうぶう or ブーブー • (būbū)
  1. (childish) car; vroom-vroom Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-ぶうぶう-ja-noun-Ig4llLn6 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 20 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 32 26 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 30 24 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 30 29 4
  2. (childish) pig; piggy; oinky Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-ぶうぶう-ja-noun-9~PPTcM1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 31 20 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 30 20 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 30 20 13 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 32 26 16 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 37 30 20 13
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