ぼろぞうきん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
襤褸雑巾
ボロ雑巾
ぼろ雑巾

Etymology

From 襤褸(ぼろ) (boro) + 雑巾(ぞうきん) (zōkin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bo̞ɾo̞zo̞ːkʲĩɴ]

Noun

ぼろぞうきん or ボロぞうきん • (boro-zōkin) ←ぼろざふきん (borozafukin)?

  1. (literally) beat-up cleaning cloth
  2. Used in metaphor to describe one who is used and abandoned.
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