ぼく

See also: ほく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ぼく – see the following entries.

【僕】S

[pronoun] (men's speech) I; me (personal pronoun; usually used by males; implies that the speaker is a young boy or otherwise boyish)

[pronoun] you, he, she (only used in reference to a person who uses this term to refer to themselves, or is one who is assumed to use it, such as a young boy)

Alternative spelling
ボク

【木】1

[noun] a tree; more specifically, a living tree

[noun] the bent and gnarled trunk or roots of an old tree

[noun] wood, lumber

[noun] something made of wood

[noun] in ancient China, a wooden musical instrument

[adjective] (derogatory) wooden, as of a person's character or behavior

[adjective] (derogatory) wooden, as of a person's mental abilities: blockheaded, stupid, dimwitted

(This term, ぼく, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぼく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぼく.)

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