Word Meaning 坊ちゃま

ぼっちゃま bocchama

坊ちゃま is read as ぼっちゃま (bocchama) 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

ぼっちゃま

Romaji

bocchama

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 147558 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

坊や

ぼうや

boy

赤ん坊

あかんぼ

baby

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

お坊さん

おぼうさん

son (of others)

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