Word Meaning お転婆

おてんば otemba

お転婆 is read as おてんば (otemba) and means tomboy.

Meaning

English

  1. tomboy

Reading

Kana

おてんば

Romaji

otemba

Writing Variants

  • 於転婆 おてんば otemba
  • 御転婆 おてんば otemba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 138775 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

老婆

ろうば

old woman

ばば

joker (in old maid)

転覆

てんぷく

overthrow (e.g. of a government)

転嫁

てんか

second marriage

運転士

うんてんし

(professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.)

婆さん

ばあさん

grandmother

転載

てんさい

reprinting

責任転嫁

せきにんてんか

shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone)

運転免許

うんてんめんきょ

driver's license

転出証明

てんしゅつしょうめい

change of address certificate

回転位置検出

かいてんいちけんしゅつ

rotational position sensing

Example Sentences

1

Mary is a tomboy.