Word Meaning 坊や

坊や、こっちにおいで。

ぼうや、こっちにおいで。

Boy, come here.

どこの坊やかな？親はどこかな？

Whose little child is this? Where are his parents?

坊や、おかあさんは何処だい？

Where is your mother, boy?

五つにもならないような幼い坊やがトムに郵便局への道を尋ねた。

A young boy, who couldn't have been more than five years old, asked Tom how to get to the post office.

「坊や、忘れたようだな。わし、銃より強い武器があるって。」　「それ、もしかして…」「そうだ！柔術だ！」

"Son, you seem to forget, don't you, that I've got something stronger than a gun..." "You mean...?" "That's right, Jiu-jitsu!"

お母さん狐は、心配しながら、坊やの狐の帰ってくるのを、今か今かとふるえながら待っていましたので、坊やが来ると、暖かい胸に抱きしめて泣きたいほどよろこびました。

The mother fox was worried while she was eagerly waiting for the boy fox's return. When the boy returned she pulled him to her warm chest and was so happy she wanted to cry.