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坊 kanji
boy, priest's residence, priest
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Secondary school
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- —慌てん坊flustered person; hasty person
- —坊主臭いoverly pious; sanctimonious; priestly; monkish
- —坊主捲りbozu mekuri; simple card game played with the 100 picture cards of a hyakunin isshu deck
- —くいしん坊glutton; gourmand
- —イヤしん坊gluttonous; greedy
- —おこりん坊short-tempered person; irritable person
- —あまえん坊wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
- —さびしん坊person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
- —ずんべら坊plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
- —いたずら坊主mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
- —照る照る坊主paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
- —坊主丸もうけa monk's earnings are pure profit (due to needing no capital and having no expenses)
- —これに懲りよ道斎坊take it as a lesson learned; learn from this (mistake)