Info on the Kanji 坊

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What is this? "坊"

Meaning(s)

boy, priest's residence, priest

Reading(s)

onyomi BOU, BOTSU
kunyomi

Other

stroke count 7
grade s
jlpt level NN
Example words with 坊
WordMeaning
ぼう
bou
bonze / monk / boy / sonny
あめぼう
ame bou
pond skater / water strider
いんぼう
in bou
cemetery guard / crematorium worker
うりぼう
uri bou
wild boar piglet
ごぼう
gobou
cemetery guard / crematorium worker
はるぼう
haru bou
nickname for such names as haruo or haruko
ねぼう
nebou
sleeping in late / oversleeping / late riser / sleepyhead
まえぼう
mae bou
former crown prince / the late crown prince
ねずみぼう
nezumi bou
dragonet
なかぼう
naka bou
middle-school student
どろぼう
doro bou
thief / burglar / robber / theft
とつぼう
totsu bou
beetle-browed boy / mischief
ぼうち
bou chi
young gentleman / boy
ぼうや
bouya
boy
ぼうかん
bou kan
all over town
ぼうず
bouzu
buddhist priest / bonze / close-cropped hair / crew cut / person with a shorn head / boy / sonny / lad / not catching anything
ぼうさま
bousama
monk / priest / boy
もくぼう
moku bou
silent person / taciturn person
ゆずぼう
yuzu bou
swallowtail butterfly larva
びぼう
bi bou
sleeping in late / oversleeping / late riser / sleepyhead
うみぼうず
umi bouzu
sea monster / green turtle
まるぼうず
marubouzu
close-cropped head / bald hill
見栄みえぼう
mie bou
fop / swell / dude / coxcomb / vain person
黒んくろんぼう
kuro n bou
dark-skinned person / well-tanned person / smut / stagehand / prompter
桜んさくらんぼう
sakura n bou
cherry
師のしのぼう
shi no bou
master priest
あぶらぼうず
abura bouzu
skilfish / skil
次男じなんぼう
jinanbou
second son
しょうぼうず
shou bouzu
young priest / scamp
ねぼうじょ
nebou jo
person who oversleeps / sleepyhead
正覚せいかくぼう
sei kaku bou
large sea turtle / heavy drinker
あおぼうず
ao bouzu
shaved head / person with a shaved head
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Example Sentences with 坊
彼女は赤んをしっかりと腕に抱きしめた。

赤んの世話を焼けるのが嬉しい。

赤んのお尻みたいにすべすべだ。

赤んが浴槽の中でぼちゃぼちゃやっていた。



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