ぼう

See also: ほう

Japanese

Affix

ぼう • () 

  1. : (on'yomi, only used in compounds) people, subjects

Noun

ぼう • () 

  1. 暮雨: rain in the evening
  2. : a boy; a bonze, a Buddhist monk
  3. : a hat
  4. : a room, particularly a small room on the side of a larger hall; a monastery
  5. : violence; illegality; unreasonableness
  6. : the full moon; the 15th day of the month in the lunar calendar; one method of diagnosis in Chinese medicine
  7. : an undisclosed something, someone or somewhere
  8. : a bar or staff (as of wood or metal)
  9. : a shape or form; one's complexion; appearance
  10. : the fourth earthly branch

Pronoun

ぼう • (bou) 

  1. : (obsolete) I; me. (Used by samurai.)

Proper noun

ぼう • () 

  1. : one of the 28 traditional Japanese constellations, the Pleiades

Verb

ぼう • (bou) ぼふ (bofu)?transitive godan (stem ぼい (boi), past ぼった (botta))

  1. 追う:
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