Word Meaning 坊主
坊主 is read as ぼうず (bouzu) and means not catching anything.
Meaning
English
- not catching anything
- the August 20-point card
- Buddhist priest
- bonze
- boy
- sonny
- lad
- close-cropped hair
Reading
Kana
ぼうず
Romaji
bouzu
Writing Variants
- 坊主 ぼんず bonzu
- 房主 ぼうず bouzu
- 房主 ぼんず bonzu
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12願人坊主
がんにんぼうず
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
Example Sentences
10彼は何もかも三日坊主だ。
He can't stick to anything very long.
窓ガラスを割ったいたずら坊主は誰だ?
Who's the naughty boy that broke the window?
坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた。
The priest skillfully drew a picture of a priest on a folding screen.
トムが頭を剃って丸坊主になった夏のことまだ覚えてる?
Can you remember the summer Tom shaved his head?
てるてる坊主、逆さまに吊るしてたら、あした雨になるかな?
If you hang a teru teru bozu upside down, do you think it will bring rain tomorrow?
新しくブログを始めた。三日坊主にならないようがんばるぞ!
I started a new blog. I'll do my best to keep it going.
いっそのこと丸坊主にしてみたらどう?よく似合うと思うよ。
How about shaving your head instead? I think it would look good on you.
ズンバやりたいって?また三日坊主で終わっちゃうんじゃないの?
So you want to do zumba? Aren't you going to get tired of it fast, like everything else?
酔って来ると、随分面白い坊主で、いろんなことをしゃべり出す。
When he gets drunk, he's quite an interesting priest, and he talks about various things.
宗派によっては、お坊さんは坊主にしなくてもいいんだってね。知らなかったよ。
I didn't know that depending on which sect they belong to, priests don't necessarily have to shave their head.
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