"ぼうちょう" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: bōchō [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ぼうちょう • (bōchō)
  1. 膨張: swelling; distension; expansion; inflation
    Sense id: en-ぼうちょう-ja-noun-5In0Idd-
  2. 茅蜩: evening cicada
    Sense id: en-ぼうちょう-ja-noun-qpD8LM5q Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 70 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 26 61 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 66 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 71 12 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 24 50 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 85 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 77 3

Verb

Forms: ぼうちょうする [canonical], bōchō suru [romanization], ぼうちょうし [stem], ぼうちょうした [past]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru}} ぼうちょうする • (bōchō suru) suru (stem ぼうちょうし (bōchō shi), past ぼうちょうした (bōchō shita))
  1. 膨張: to swell; to distend; to expand; to inflate
    Sense id: en-ぼうちょう-ja-verb-P0fyBSvw

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ぼうちょう meaning in Japanese (2.2kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (074e7de and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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