"ぼうぼう" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [bo̞ːbo̞ː] Forms: ぼうぼう ^ [canonical], bōbō [romanization], baubau [romanization], ばうばう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: . Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=ばうばう}} ぼうぼう • (bōbō) ^(←ばうばう (baubau)?)
  1. 茫々: vast
    Sense id: en-ぼうぼう-ja-adv-vqvpMcbd
  2. 茫々, 蓬々: rampantly grow
    Sense id: en-ぼうぼう-ja-adv-3bF-L9fW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 14 83 3 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 61 7 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 27 68 6 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 82 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 18 82 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 71 5 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 0 0
  3. 茫々, 蓬々: scraggly hair
    Sense id: en-ぼうぼう-ja-adv-W9DIG3RA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: [bo̞ːbo̞ː], [bo̞ːbo̞ː], [bo̞ːbo̞ː] Forms: ぼうぼう ^ [canonical], bōbō [romanization], boubou [romanization], ぼうぼう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|hhira=ぼうぼう}} ぼうぼう • (bōbō) ^(←ぼうぼう (boubou)?)
  1. furiously burn
    Sense id: en-ぼうぼう-ja-adv-9p93lYql
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    },
    {
      "form": "bōbō",
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baubau",
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    },
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      "form": "ばうばう",
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        ]
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          "蓬々",
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        ],
        [
          "rampantly",
          "rampantly"
        ]
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        ],
        [
          "scraggly",
          "scraggly"
        ]
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    {
      "other": "ぼーぼー"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[bo̞ːbo̞ː]"
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[bo̞ːbo̞ː]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[bo̞ːbo̞ː]"
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      "ipa": "[bo̞ːbo̞ː]"
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          "蓬々#Japanese"
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      "ipa": "[bo̞ːbo̞ː]"
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Download raw JSONL data for ぼうぼう meaning in Japanese (2.7kB)

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