| 忘れん坊 | わすれんぼう | forgetful person/ |
| 御坊っちゃん | おぼっちゃん
| (n) (hon) son/ |
| 僧坊 | そうぼう
| (n) priests' temple quarters/ |
| 隠坊 | おんぼう
| (n) cemetery guard/crematorium
worker/ |
| 丸坊主 | まるぼうず
| (n) close-cropped head/bald hill/ |
| お坊っちゃん | おぼっちゃん | (n) (hon) son/ |
| 甘えん坊 | あまえんぼう | (adj-na,n) pampered or spoiled child/ |
| 飴坊 | あめんぼう | (n) water-skater (insect)/water strider/ |
| 凸坊 | でこぼう
| (n) beetle-browed boy/mischief/ |
| 黒ん坊 | くろんぼう
| (n) (1) black person (derog.)/dark-skinned
person/(2) smut/(3) prompter/stagehand/ |
| 卑しん坊 | いやしんぼう
| (n) greedy person/ |
| 三日坊主 | みっかぼうず
| (n) one who can stick to nothing/unsteady
worker/ |
| 味噌擂り坊主 | みそすりぼうず
| (n) a low-ranking priest/contemptuous reference
to a priest/ |
| 桜ん坊 | さくらんぼ | (n) (edible) cherry/ |
| 小坊主 | こぼうず | (n) young priest/scamp/ |
| 泥坊 | どろぼう
| (n,vs) thief/burglar/robber/theft/ |
| 食いしん坊 | くいしんぼう
| (adj-no,n) glutton/gourmand/ |
| 悪戯坊主 | いたずらぼうず
| mischievous boy/ |
| 葱坊主 | ねぎぼうず | (n) onion head/ |
| 寝坊 | ねぼう
| (n,vs) sleeping in late/(P)/ |
| 照る照る坊主 | てるてるぼうず
| (n) paper doll to which Japanese children pray
for fine weather/ |
| 茶坊主 | ちゃぼうず
| (n)
tea-server/flatterer/sycophant/ |
| 宿坊 | しゅくぼう | (n) priest's quarters/visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in
a temple/ |
| 本因坊 | ほんいんぼう
| (n) grand master of the game of
go/ |
| 暴れん坊 | あばれんぼう | (n) hooligan/rowdy/roughneck/a rough/ |
| 赤ん坊 | あかんぼう
| (n) baby/(P)/ |
| 生臭坊主 | なまぐさぼうず
| (n) wordly priest/ |
| 次男坊 | じなんぼう | (n) second son/ |
| 朝寝坊 | あさねぼう | (n,vs) oversleeping/late riser/(P)/ |
| 通せん坊 | とおせんぼう
| (n) stand in the way/block the
way/ |
| 見栄坊 | みえぼう
| (adj-na,n) fop/swell/dude/coxcomb/vain
person/ |
| 木偶の坊 | でくのぼう
| (n) wooden doll/blockhead/ |
| 隠れん坊 | かくれんぼう
| (n) hide and seek (the game)/ |
| 飴坊 | あめんぼ | (n) water-skater (insect)/water strider/ |
| 立ちん坊 | たちんぼう
| (n) being kept standing (without doing
anything)/ |
| 正覚坊 | しょうがくぼう
| (n) large sea turtle/heavy
drinker/ |
| 前坊 | ぜんぼう | former crown prince/the late crown prince/ |
| お坊さん | おぼうさん | (n) Buddhist priest/monk/(P)/ |
| 蛸坊主 | たこぼうず | (n) man with a bald or shaven head/ |
| 風来坊 | ふうらいぼう | (n) wanderer/vagabond/capricious
person/hobo/ |
| 黒ん坊 | くろんぼ | (n) (1) black person (derog.)/dark-skinned person/(2)
smut/(3) prompter/stagehand/ |
| 師の坊 | しのぼう | master priest/ |
| 台湾坊主 | たいわんぼうず | (n) atmospheric depression originating in
Taiwan/ |
| 吝ちん坊 | けちんぼう | (uk)
miser/(P)/ |
| 御坊 | ごぼう | (n) Reverend (used to priest, monk, etc.)/ |
| 御坊さん | おぼうさん
| (n) Buddhist priest/monk/ |
| 春坊 | はるぼう
| nickname for such names as Haruo or
Haruko/ |
| 海坊主 | うみぼうず
| (n) sea monster/green turtle/ |
| 怒りん坊 | おこりんぼう
| short-tempered or irritable
person/ |
| 堕落坊主 | だらくぼうず | apostate priest/ |
| 隠れん坊 | かくれんぼ
| (n) hide and seek (the game)/ |
Japanese - English dictionary courtesy of Jim Breen.
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