"ぼこ" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [bo̞ko̞] Forms: boko [romanization]
Etymology: Of uncertain derivation. May be from 坊 (bō, “dear, beloved”, particularly as in 赤ん坊 akanbō, “baby”) + 子 (ko, “child”). See also おぼこ (oboko). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|坊|子|pos1=particularly as in 赤ん坊 akanbō, “baby”|t1=dear, beloved|t2=child|tr1=bō|tr2=ko}} 坊 (bō, “dear, beloved”, particularly as in 赤ん坊 akanbō, “baby”) + 子 (ko, “child”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ぼこ • (boko)
  1. baby, newborn, infant Synonyms (baby): 赤ん坊 (akanbō) (ruby: (あか), (ぼう)) (english: akanbō), 赤ちゃん (akachan) (ruby: (あか)) (english: akachan), 嬰児 (eiji) (ruby: 嬰児(えいじ)) (english: eiji), 乳飲児 (chinomigo) (ruby: 乳飲児(ちのみご)) (english: chinomigo), 幼児 (yōji) (ruby: 幼児(ようじ)) (english: yōji)
    Sense id: en-ぼこ-ja-noun-h2ZCGPfC Disambiguation of 'baby': 100 0
  2. young child Synonyms (young child): (warabe) (ruby: (わらべ)) (english: warabe), 小児 (shōni) (ruby: 小児(しょうに)) (english: shōni), 稚子 (chishi) (ruby: 稚子(ちし)) (english: chishi), 幼子 (osanago) (ruby: 幼子(おさなご)) (english: osanago), 幼児 (yōji) (ruby: 幼児(ようじ)) (english: yōji)
    Sense id: en-ぼこ-ja-noun-kAUOYOkw Disambiguation of 'young child': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: boko [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ぼこ • (boko)
  1. 凹: an indentation, a dip or divot, a hollow
    Sense id: en-ぼこ-ja-noun-Tp2GwVCs 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: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 16 5 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 5 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 8 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "baby",
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    {
      "english": "warabe",
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Download raw JSONL data for ぼこ meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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