Word Meaning 野暮

やぼ yabo

野暮 is read as やぼ (yabo) and means boorish.

Meaning

English

  1. boorish
  2. unsophisticated
  3. unrefined
  4. uncouth
  5. tasteless
  6. insensitive
  7. thoughtless
  8. dumb

Reading

Kana

やぼ

Romaji

yabo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Antonyms Rank 5490 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

野暮天

やぼてん

boorishness

言うだけ野暮

いうだけやぼ

it's tactless to state the obvious

野球

やきゅう

baseball

野原

のはら

field

野性

やせい

wildness (plants, animals, etc.)

野草

のぐさ

wild grasses

野良猫

のらねこ

stray cat

野合

やごう

illicit union

野放し

のばなし

pasturing

野末

のずえ

corners of a field

Example Sentences

3

I have a few errands.

She finished her errand and returned home.

There are things I'd like to say but to butt in now would be what they call uncouth.