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坊 kanji
boy, priest's residence, priest
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- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
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- Secondary school
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- —長元坊common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- —禅坊主Zen monk
- —内教坊part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)
- —脂坊主skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
- —大坊主large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
- —条坊制grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
- —三男坊third son
- —春宮坊office serving the crown prince (ritsuryō system)
- —泥田坊vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)
- —悪戯坊主mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
- —三日坊主person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days
- —堕落坊主apostate priest
- —けちん坊miser; cheapskate; skinflint
- —暴れん坊rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck; a rough
- —忘れん坊forgetful person
- —坊主刈りclosely cropped hair
- —怒りん坊short-tempered person; irritable person
- —台湾坊主atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan; cyclone in the East China Sea; spot baldness
- —甘えん坊wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
- —木偶の坊doll; puppet; blockhead; idiot; useless person; good-for-nothing