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坊 kanji
boy, priest's residence, priest
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- N4 vocabulary
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- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
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- —生臭坊主degenerate monk; corrupt priest
- —きかん坊naughty child; unruly child
- —悔しん坊spiteful person
- —乞食坊主Buddhist monk
- —説教坊主tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer
- —腕白坊主naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
- —寂しん坊person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
- —小長元坊merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
- —ずべら坊plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
- —願人坊主priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
- —鬼坊主鱚black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
- —坊主沙魚Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
- —本因坊戦Hon'inbō Tournament (annual professional go competition); Honinbo Tournament
- —坊主殺しfemale or male prostitute serving a monk; luring a monk into depredation
- —姫長元坊lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
- —松桐坊主scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
- —納所坊主priestling; minor temple officer; temple treasurer
- —食いしん坊glutton; gourmand
- —いやしん坊gluttonous; greedy
- —去られん坊divorcing woman