See ぼろくそ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "ぼろ",
"2": "",
"3": "糞",
"4": "くそ",
"t1": "tattered, shabby",
"t2": "dung, crap"
},
"expansion": "ぼろ (boro, “tattered, shabby”) + 糞(くそ) (kuso, “dung, crap”)",
"name": "ja-compound"
}
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"etymology_text": "From ぼろ (boro, “tattered, shabby”) + 糞(くそ) (kuso, “dung, crap”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "borokuso",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"roman": "borokuso na",
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{
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "ja-na",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだろ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"stem"
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},
{
"form": "borokuso daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "borokuso de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "borokusosa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
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"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "",
"lemma": "ぼろくそ",
"provisional": ". だったら",
"terminal": ". だ",
"volitional": ". だろう"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "47 53",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "borokuso daro",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "ぼろくそで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"stem"
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},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso da",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"stem",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそな",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso na",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"attributive",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそなら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso nara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"hypothetical",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそであれ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de are",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"stem"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃない",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso datta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃありません",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja arimasen",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそではありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそじゃありませんでした",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de wa arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ja arimasen deshita",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそで",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso de",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそなら（ば）",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso nara (ba)",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso dattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそだろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso darō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそに",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "borokuso ni",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそさ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "borokusosa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"noun-from-adj"
]
}
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"infl": "na"
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"expansion": "ぼろくそ • (borokuso) ^(←ぼろくそ (borokuso)?)-na (adnominal ぼろくそな (borokuso na), adverbial ぼろくそに (borokuso ni))",
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"attributive": ". な",
"conditional": ". なら（ば）",
"conjunctive": ". で",
"continuative": ". で",
"degree": "さ",
"formal": ". です",
"formal_negative": ". で は ありません",
"formal_negative2": ". じゃ ありません",
"formal_negative_past": ". で は ありません でした",
"formal_negative_past2": ". じゃ ありません でした",
"formal_past": ". でした",
"hypothetical": ". なら",
"imperative": ". で あれ",
"imperfective": ". だろ",
"informal_negative": ". で は ない",
"informal_negative2": ". じゃ ない",
"informal_negative_past": ". で は なかった",
"informal_negative_past2": ". じゃ なかった",
"informal_past": ". だった",
"kana": "",
"lemma": "ぼろくそ",
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"terminal": ". だ",
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"english": "to speak ill; to be spoken ill of",
"roman": "borokuso ni iu, borokuso ni iwareru",
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"言",
"い"
],
[
"言",
"い"
]
],
"text": "ぼろくそに言う、ぼろくそに言われる",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"worthless"
],
"links": [
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ぼろくそ"
},
{
"ipa": "[bo̞ɾo̞kɯ̟so̞]"
}
],
"word": "ぼろくそ"
}
{
"categories": [
"Japanese adjectives",
"Japanese compound terms",
"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese hiragana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese な-na adjectives",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ぼろ",
"2": "",
"3": "糞",
"4": "くそ",
"t1": "tattered, shabby",
"t2": "dung, crap"
},
"expansion": "ぼろ (boro, “tattered, shabby”) + 糞(くそ) (kuso, “dung, crap”)",
"name": "ja-compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From ぼろ (boro, “tattered, shabby”) + 糞(くそ) (kuso, “dung, crap”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "borokuso",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ぼろくそ",
"roman": "borokuso",
"tags": [
"hiragana",
"historical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"hhira": "ぼろくそ"
},
"expansion": "ぼろくそ • (borokuso) ^(←ぼろくそ (borokuso)?)",
"name": "ja-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"that which is worthless"
],
"links": [
[
"worthless",
"worthless"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "ぼろくそ"
},
{
"ipa": "[bo̞ɾo̞kɯ̟so̞]"
}
],
"word": "ぼろくそ"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ぼろくそ meaning in Japanese (8.2kB)
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"subsection": "adjective",
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}
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