ぼうぼう

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
茫々
蓬々

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ぼーぼー [bòóbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞ːbo̞ː]

Adverb

ぼうぼう • (bōbō) ←ばうばう (baubau)?

  1. 茫々: vast
  2. 茫々, 蓬々: rampantly grow
  3. 茫々, 蓬々: scraggly hair

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adverb

ぼうぼう • (bōbō) ←ぼうぼう (boubou)?

  1. furiously burn

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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