"ぼろ" meaning in Japanese

See ぼろ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ぼろ [canonical], ボロ [canonical], boro [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ボロ}} ぼろ or ボロ • (boro)
  1. rag
    Sense id: en-ぼろ-ja-noun-o-aQBTBh Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 41 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 44 43
  2. old, worn-out clothes
    Sense id: en-ぼろ-ja-noun-qL6krpKp Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 41 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 44 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 48 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 71 20
  3. a hidden fault or failure
    Sense id: en-ぼろ-ja-noun-RrwfYIHK Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 41 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 11 39 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 13 44 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 39 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ぼろぼろ (boroboro)
Derived forms: 襤褸藍 (boroai) (ruby: 襤褸藍(ぼろあい)), 襤褸市 (boroichi) (ruby: 襤褸市(ぼろいち)), 襤褸滓 (borokasu) (ruby: 襤褸滓(ぼろかす)), 襤褸が出る (boro ga deru) (ruby: 襤褸(ぼろ), ()), 襤褸切れ (borokire) (ruby: 襤褸切(ぼろき)), 襤褸糞 (borokuso) (ruby: 襤褸糞(ぼろくそ)), 襤褸ける (borokeru) (ruby: 襤褸(ぼろ)), 襤褸雑巾 (borozōkin) (ruby: 襤褸雑巾(ぼろぞうきん)), 襤褸綴じ (borotoji) (ruby: 襤褸綴(ぼろと)), 襤褸屋 (boroya) (ruby: 襤褸屋(ぼろや)), 襤褸を出す (boro o dasu) (ruby: 襤褸(ぼろ), ())
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boroai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸藍",
          "ぼろあい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸藍"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boroichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸市",
          "ぼろいち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸市"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borokasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸滓",
          "ぼろかす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸滓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boro ga deru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "で"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸が出る"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borokire",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸切",
          "ぼろき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸切れ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borokuso",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸糞",
          "ぼろくそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸糞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borokeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸ける"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borozōkin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸雑巾",
          "ぼろぞうきん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸雑巾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "borotoji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸綴",
          "ぼろと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸綴じ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boroya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸屋",
          "ぼろや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸屋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boro o dasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸を出す"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ぼろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ボロ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ボロ"
      },
      "expansion": "ぼろ or ボロ • (boro)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "boroboro",
      "word": "ぼろぼろ"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "10 41 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 44 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rag"
      ],
      "id": "en-ぼろ-ja-noun-o-aQBTBh",
      "links": [
        [
          "rag",
          "rag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "10 41 48",
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        },
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          "_dis": "13 44 43",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 48 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 71 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old, worn-out clothes"
      ],
      "id": "en-ぼろ-ja-noun-qL6krpKp",
      "links": [
        [
          "worn-out",
          "worn-out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 41 48",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 39 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 44 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 39 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hidden fault or failure"
      ],
      "id": "en-ぼろ-ja-noun-RrwfYIHK",
      "links": [
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぼろ"
}
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    "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 redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "boroai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸藍",
          "ぼろあい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸藍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boroichi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸市",
          "ぼろいち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸市"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borokasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸滓",
          "ぼろかす"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸滓"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boro ga deru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "で"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸が出る"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borokire",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸切",
          "ぼろき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸切れ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borokuso",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸糞",
          "ぼろくそ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸糞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borokeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸ける"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borozōkin",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸雑巾",
          "ぼろぞうきん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸雑巾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "borotoji",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸綴",
          "ぼろと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸綴じ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boroya",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸屋",
          "ぼろや"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸屋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boro o dasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "襤褸",
          "ぼろ"
        ],
        [
          "出",
          "だ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "襤褸を出す"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ぼろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ボロ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ボロ"
      },
      "expansion": "ぼろ or ボロ • (boro)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "boroboro",
      "word": "ぼろぼろ"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "rag"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rag",
          "rag"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "old, worn-out clothes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "worn-out",
          "worn-out"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a hidden fault or failure"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fault",
          "fault"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ぼろ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ぼろ meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ぼろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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