坊ぼっちゃん

noun

son; boy; young master

Honorific term used to refer to someone else's son, especially a young boy from a respectable family. Often used by servants or older people addressing or referring to a boy politely.

• お宅たくの坊ぼっちゃんはおいくつですか。

  How old is your son?

• 坊ぼっちゃん、お食しょく事じの用よう意いができました。

  Young master, dinner is ready.

noun

sheltered young man; naive rich boy

Refers to a young man who has been brought up in a well-to-do family and is inexperienced in the ways of the world; often carries a nuance of being naive or overly protected. Can be used critically or affectionately.

• 彼かれは苦く労ろうを知しらない、いわゆる坊ぼっちゃんだ。

  He's what you'd call a sheltered rich boy who doesn't know hardship.

• 坊ぼっちゃん育そだちだから、世せ間けんの厳きびしさがわからない。

  He was brought up as a naive rich boy, so he doesn't understand how tough the world is.