Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Noun or verb acting prenominally, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

ぼろrag, scrap, tattered clothes, fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence), defect, run-down, shabby, junky

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1.

      rag, old cloth

      Usually written using kana alone
    2. Noun

      2.

      tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags

      Usually written using kana alone
    3. Noun

      3.

      fault (one is trying to hide), defect, weakness

      Usually written using kana alone
    4. Noun or verb acting prenominally, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

      4.

      worn-out, run-down, shabby, ragged, tattered

      Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    襤褸 【ぼろ】ボロ

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    Examples

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      こんなぼろ()ては(そと)()られません。

      I can't go outside in these rags.

      • N3

      ぼろ使(つか)って台所(だいどころ)(あぶら)(よご)れを掃除(そうじ)する。

      I'll use rags to clean the grease in the kitchen.

      • N3

      最近(さいきん)になってようやくぼろ自転車(じてんしゃ)()てました。

      Recently, I finally got rid of my run-down bicycle.

      • N3

      一緒(いっしょ)()(はじ)めたら(かれ)(かく)していたぼろがだんだん()えてきた。

      Once we started living together, I gradually began to see the faults he was hiding.

      • N3

      ぼろ(まと)った(おんな)()(たす)けてあげたら(じつ)彼女(かのじょ)がお姫様(ひめさま)だったという童話(どうわ)()んだ。

      I read a fairy tale about saving a girl in rags and finding out that she was actually a princess.

      • N2
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