勃ぼつ

noun

Bulgaria (abbreviation)

Abbreviation for Bulgaria, used in historical or formal contexts, such as in the compound 勃牙利 (ブルガリア). Not used in everyday language.

See also: ブルガリア

• 「勃ぼつ牙が利り」という表ひょう記きは、かつてブルガリアを指さすのに使つかわれた。

  The notation 勃牙利 was once used to refer to Bulgaria.

taru-adjective

spirited; rising; energetic

Obsolete taru-adjective meaning spirited or energetic. Found in classical or literary texts, often in the reduplicated form 勃々 (ぼつぼつ).

See also: 勃勃 (ぼつぼつ)

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんには「勃ぼつ々ぼつたる勢いきおい」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, one can find the expression 勃々たる勢い (spirited momentum).

taru-adjective

sudden; abrupt

Obsolete taru-adjective meaning sudden or abrupt. Rarely used independently; may appear in classical compounds.

• 「ぼつとして」という形かたちで、突とつ然ぜん何なにかが起おこる様よう子すを表あらわした。

  In the form ぼつとして, it expressed the manner of something happening suddenly.