ボウズ
Meanings
Noun
1. Buddhist priest; bonze
ぼんず is dialectal
2. close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
3. boy; sonny; lad
4. not catching anything; getting skunked
5. the August 20-point card
Pitch accent
ボ
ウズ
Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
umibōzu; sea yōkai, resembling a huge bald-headed black figure; sea monster; green turtle
young priest; scamp
onion flower head
close-cropped hair; shaven head
paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
man with a bald or shaven head
close-cropped head; shaven head; being treeless (of a mountain, hill, etc.); being leafless (of a tree, shrub, etc.); being bald
close-cropped head; shaven head; being treeless (of a mountain, hill, etc.); being leafless (of a tree, shrub, etc.); being bald
rascal; mischievous kid; naughty child
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
large monk; large, bald man; big baldy; large, bald-headed monster
mischievous boy; troublemaker; pesky kids
Buddhist monk
Buddhist monk
naughty boy; mischievous boy; little rascal; brat
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
bozu mekuri; simple card game played with the 100 picture cards of a hyakunin isshu deck
a monk's earnings are pure profit (due to needing no capital and having no expenses)
priestling; minor temple officer; temple treasurer
skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); skil
apostate priest
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan; cyclone in the East China Sea; spot baldness
scoring combination consisting of the January, December, and August 20-point cards
Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores); monk
tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer
female or male prostitute serving a monk; (fig.) luring a monk into depredation
female or male prostitute serving a monk; (fig.) luring a monk into depredation
shaved head; person with a shaved head
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk