ぼんくら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
盆暗

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んくら [bòńkúrá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bõ̞ŋkɯ̟ɾa̠]

Adjective

ぼんくら or ボンクラ • (bonkuraぼんくら (bonkura)?-na (adnominal ぼんくら (bonkura na), adverbial ぼんくら (bonkura ni))

  1. slow; dimwitted (of a person)

Inflection

Noun

ぼんくら or ボンクラ • (bonkuraぼんくら (bonkura)?

  1. slowness; dimwittedness (of a person)
  2. dimwit

References

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