"ボス" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: bosu [romanization]
Etymology: From English boss. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|boss}} English boss Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ボス • (bosu)
  1. a boss, especially of a criminal organization
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-pGHpb35N
  2. a leader of a group of animals
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-Vn-rnXVw Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 60 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 44 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 42 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 58 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 83 12
  3. (video games) boss (a particularly challenging enemy that must be beaten in order to progress)
    Sense id: en-ボス-ja-noun-od0Fxsmr Categories (other): Video games, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 21 21 58 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 9 39 53 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 44 46 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 42 49 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 親分 (ruby: 親分(おやぶん)) (english: oyabun)

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ボス meaning in Japanese (1.7kB)

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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 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 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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