Word Meaning 放蕩無頼

ほうとうぶらい houtouburai

放蕩無頼 is read as ほうとうぶらい (houtouburai) and means being dissolute and unruly.

Meaning

English

being dissolute and unruly
ruining oneself by leading a fast life

Reading

Kana

ほうとうぶらい

Romaji

houtouburai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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放蕩

ほうとう

dissipation

放蕩三昧

ほうとうざんまい

being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

放蕩生活

ほうとうせいかつ

fast living

放蕩息子

ほうとうむすこ

good-for-nothing son

放蕩者

ほうとうもの

debauchee

無頼

ぶらい

independent

市井無頼

しせいぶらい

urban villain

無頼派

ぶらいは

Buraiha (post-WWII group of dissolute Japanese writers)

無頼の徒

ぶらいのと

gang of rowdies

無頼漢

ぶらいかん

ruffian

放る

ほる

to throw

放射能

ほうしゃのう

radioactivity