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
Noun
1.
rag, old cloth
Usually written using kana aloneNoun
2.
tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags
Usually written using kana aloneNoun
3.
fault (one is trying to hide), defect, weakness
Usually written using kana aloneNoun 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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ろ
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こんなぼろを着ては外に出られません。
I can't go outside in these rags.
ぼろを使って台所の油汚れを掃除する。
I'll use rags to clean the grease in the kitchen.
最近になってようやくぼろの自転車を捨てました。
Recently, I finally got rid of my run-down bicycle.
一緒に住み始めたら彼が隠していたぼろがだんだん見えてきた。
Once we started living together, I gradually began to see the faults he was hiding.
ぼろを纏った女の子を助けてあげたら実は彼女がお姫様だったという童話を読んだ。
I read a fairy tale about saving a girl in rags and finding out that she was actually a princess.
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