Vocab Info

N3 Noun, Prenominal noun/verb, な-adjective

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

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        rag, old cloth

        Usually written using kana alone

      2. 2.

        tattered clothes, ragged clothes, rags

        Usually written using kana alone

      3. 3.

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

        Usually written using kana alone

    2. Prenominal noun/verb, な-adjective

      1. 4.

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

        Usually written using kana alone

    All Forms

    襤褸 【ぼろ】、ボロ

    Details

      • ぼ

      • ろ

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    Examples

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    • こんなぼろを着(き)ては外(そと)に出(で)られません。

      I can't go outside in these rags.

      • N3

    • ぼろを使(つか)って台所(だいどころ)の油(あぶら)汚(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の自転車(じてんしゃ)を捨(す)てました。

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

      • N3

    • 一緒(いっしょ)に住(す)み始(はじ)めたら彼(かれ)が隠(かく)していたぼろがだんだん見(み)えてきた。

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

      • N3

    • ぼろを纏(まと)った女(おんな)の子(こ)を助(たす)けてあげたら実(じつ)は彼女(かのじょ)がお姫様(ひめさま)だったという童話(どうわ)を読(よ)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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