坊

Meaning

坊 centers on a place or person associated with a religious residence: a priest's living quarters, and by extension the priest himself. The 'boy' meaning is a later application, often used affectionately for a young male attendant or child.

• 坊主ぼうず
  N1

  Buddhist priest; bonze

• 坊ぼう

  bonze; monk

• 赤ん坊あかんぼう
  N4

  baby; infant

• 寝坊ねぼう
  N4

  sleeping in late; oversleeping

• 坊さんぼうさん
  N2

  Buddhist priest; monk

• 坊やぼうや
  N2

  boy; son; child

• 桜ん坊さくらんぼ

  cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

• 坊ちゃんぼっちゃん
  N2

  (another's) son; boy; young master

• 甘えん坊あまえんぼう

  wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention

• 食いしん坊くいしんぼう

  glutton; gourmand

• 坊っちゃんぼっちゃん

  Botchan (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki)

• 丸坊主まるぼうず

  close-cropped head; shaven head

• 三日坊主みっかぼうず
  N1

  person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days

• 御坊ごぼう

  temple; monk's quarters

• 朝寝坊あさねぼう
  N1

  sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; oversleeping

• 海坊主うみぼうず

  umibōzu; sea yōkai, resembling a huge bald-headed black figure; sea monster; sea goblin

• のっぺら坊のっぺらぼう

  flat and smooth

• 宿坊しゅくぼう

  visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

• 風来坊ふうらいぼう

  wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo

• 本因坊ほんいんぼう

  Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster

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