ボウ
Meanings
Noun
1. bonze; monk
2. boy; son; sonny
Pitch accent
ボ
ウ
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
wild boar piglet
cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
flat and smooth; unchanging; featureless; noppera-bō; humanoid creature with a flat, featureless face
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
miser; cheapskate; skinflint
swallowtail butterfly larva (a pest of citrus plants)
naughty child; unruly child
baby; infant
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
vengeful spirit of a rice paddy's former owner (by artist Toriyama Sekien)
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
glutton; gourmand
wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention
second son
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
middle-school student
sleeping late in the morning; sleeping in; lie-in; late riser; person who is bad at getting up in the morning
flustered person; hasty person
black person; darkie; well-tanned person; (wheat) smut; stagehand; prompter
Hon'inbō; Honinbo; grandmaster
cemetery guard; crematorium worker
naked person (esp. child)
Bodianus cylindriatus (species of hogfish)
streetwalker; street girl; being kept standing (without doing anything); remaining on one's feet; beggar; tramp; tout (for a hostess bar)
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
person who gets lonely easily; person who does not like to be alone; person who craves company
short-tempered person; irritable person
boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person
large sea turtle; heavy drinker
monk's quarters
all over town
head temple (of a branch temple); head priest's temple quarters
gluttonous; greedy
beetle-browed boy; mischief
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
master priest
former crown prince; the late crown prince
master of the priests quarters
plain (e.g. face); smooth; slovenly
paifang (Chinese architectural arch or gateway)
office serving the crown prince (ritsuryō system)
Nanbōroku (1593 text about the tea ceremony based on the teachings of Sen no Rikyū)
part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)