Word Meaning お坊ちゃま

おぼっちゃま obocchama

お坊ちゃま is read as おぼっちゃま (obocchama) and means green young man from a well-to-do family.

Meaning

English

  1. green young man from a well-to-do family
  2. young man innocent of the ways of the world
  3. (another's) son
  4. boy
  5. young master

Reading

Kana

おぼっちゃま

Romaji

obocchama

Writing Variants

  • お坊っちゃま おぼっちゃま obocchama
  • 御坊ちゃま おぼっちゃま obocchama

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Synonyms お坊ちゃん,子息,坊ちゃん,令息 Rank 147616 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お坊さん

おぼうさん

son (of others)

赤ん坊

あかんぼ

baby

坊主

ぼうず

not catching anything

坊っちゃん

ぼっちゃん

Botchan (1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki)

坊さん

ぼうさん

boy

本因坊

ほんいんぼう

Hon'inbō

朝寝坊

あさねぼう

late riser

寝坊

ねぼう

late riser

坊や

ぼうや

boy

暴れん坊

あばれんぼう

rambunctious kid

甘えん坊

あまえんぼう

wheedling child

三日坊主

みっかぼうず

person who cannot stick to anything

Example Sentences

1

"Did your son get a job this year? Or has he gone to graduate school?" "He got a job."