Skip to content
Kotomora

勃ぼっ起き

ぼ
っ
き
Common wordFreq.Top 10,000

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

penile erection; becoming erect; stiffening

A direct physiological or medical term, most commonly for erection of the penis. As a suru verb it is intransitive: 陰茎が勃起する, not 陰茎を勃起する.

2

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

welling up of emotion; surge of feeling

Rare, literary, and potentially old-fashioned use for an emotion suddenly rising up. In modern ordinary Japanese, words such as わき起こる or 高まる are more natural.

Usage patterns