独りぼっち (hitoribotchi) Japanese meaning: alone | Kotomora暮
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Usage patterns
〈人〉を独りぼっちにするto leave someone all alone
She didn't want to leave her friend all alone.
独りぼっちになるto end up alone; to become lonely
After moving, he ended up all alone.
独りぼっちで〈動詞〉to do something all alone
He spent his birthday all alone.
独りぼっちの〈人〉a lonely, all-alone person
I saw a lonely old man in the park.
孤児
N1
一人ぼっち is a casual, emotional word for being all alone, whereas 孤児 in its figurative sense refers more formally to someone lacking allies or support.
Rare variant with ぽっち; the reading ひとりぽっち is less common.
独りぽっち
Rare variant with ぽっち; the reading ひとりぽっち is less common.
