N21677/1725

襤褸ぼろ

gikun or jukujikunusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)noun or verb acting prenominallyadjective (generic)な adjective

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ぼろ

Meanings

rag, old cloth
tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags
fault (one is trying to hide), defect, weakness
worn-out, run-down, shabby, ragged, tattered

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Example sentences

彼かれはぼろを着きていたが、心こころは誰だれよりも豊ゆたかだった。

He wore rags, but his heart was richer than anyone's.

長年ながねん使つかったコートがすっかりぼろになってしまった。

The coat I had used for many years had become completely worn-out.

彼女かのじょはぼろぼろの財布さいふをまだ大切たいせつに使つかい続つづけている。

She still carefully uses her tattered wallet.

余計よけいなことを話はなしすぎて、隠かくしていたぼろが出でてしまった。

By talking too much, the weakness I had been hiding came out.

古ふるい建物たてものはぼろになっても、その歴史的れきしてき価値かちは失うしなわれることがない。

Even if an old building becomes run-down, its historical value is never lost.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)