N2945/1725

ぼう

familiar languagenounnoun (generic)derogatory

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Meanings

  • boy, son, child
  • mere boy, stripling, greenhorn

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Example sentences

坊やぼうやはもう時間じかんだよ。

It's time for you to go to sleep, little one.

その坊やぼうや一人ひとり電車でんしゃれるのか心配しんぱいだった。

I was worried about whether that little boy could ride the train alone.

坊やぼうやにはむずかしすぎる仕事しごとだろう。

That job is probably too difficult for a greenhorn like you.

あの坊やぼうやのくせに、大人おとな口答くちごたえするとは生意気なまいきだな。

How cheeky, talking back to adults when you're just a mere boy.

社会しゃかい経験けいけんのない坊やぼうやに、この交渉こうしょうまかせるのは無謀むぼうというものだ。

It is reckless to entrust this negotiation to a stripling with no social experience.