Ryukyu (Okinawa)
(Noun) Buddhist monk, monk; someone with a shaven head
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ぼうず 【坊主】
ぼうすい 【紡錘】
かいほうする 【開放する】
- ʔakifirugiyuN (≈ ʔakifirugiiN)
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しんぼうする 【辛抱する】
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ぼうず【坊主・房主】
(Common Noun)
- Buddhist priest; Bonze
- Close-cropped hair; Crew cut; Person with a shorn head
- Boy; Sonny; Lad
— Familiar language / Derogatory
- Not catching anything (in fishing)
こぼうず【小坊主】
(Noun)
- Young priest; Scamp
まるぼうず【丸坊主】
(Noun)
- Close-cropped head; Bald hill
ねぎぼうず【葱坊主】
(Noun)
- Onion head
ぼうずがり【坊主刈り】
(Noun)
- Closely cropped hair
ちゃぼうず【茶坊主】
(Noun)
- Tea-server
- Flatterer; Sycophant
たこぼうず【蛸坊主】
(Noun)
- Man with a bald or shaven head
うみぼうず【海坊主】
(Noun)
- Sea monster
- Green turtle
あおぼうず【青坊主】
(Noun)
- Shaved head; Person with a shaved head
— Archaism
ぜんぼうず【禅坊主】
(Noun)
- Zen monk
— Obscure term
ボウズハギ
(Noun)
- Oneknife unicornfish (Naso thynnoides, species of Indo-Pacific tang)
かいぼうず【解剖図】
(Noun)
- Anatomical drawing
ぼうずはぜ・ボウズハゼ【坊主沙魚】
(Noun)
- Sicyopterus japonicus (species of goby)
— Word usually written using kana alone
みっかぼうず【三日坊主・三日ぼうず】
(Noun)
- Person who cannot stick to anything; Unsteady worker; Monk for three days
— Yojijukugo
だらくぼうず【堕落坊主】
(Noun)
- Apostate priest
ぼうずあたま【坊主頭】
(Noun)
- Close-cropped hair; Shaven head
こじきぼうず・こつじきぼうず【乞食坊主】
(Noun)
- Buddhist monk
— Derogatory / Yojijukugo
ぼうずだたみ【坊主畳】
(Noun)
- Tatami mat without a "heri" (edge)
あぶらぼうず・アブラボウズ【脂坊主・油坊主】
(Noun)
- Skilfish (Erilepis zonifer); Skil
— Word usually written using kana alone
ぼうずごろし【坊主殺し】
(Noun)
- Female or male prostitute serving a monk; Luring a monk into depredation
ぼうずくさい【坊主くさい・坊主臭い】
(I-adjective)
- Overly pious; Sanctimonious; Priestly; Monkish
いたずらぼうず【悪戯坊主・いたずら坊主】
(Noun)
- Mischievous boy; Troublemaker; Pesky kids
— Yojijukugo
てるてるぼうず【てるてる坊主・照る照る坊主・照照坊主・照々坊主】
(Noun)
- Paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)
みそすりぼうず【味噌擂り坊主】
(Noun)
- Low-ranking monk (tasked with doing kitchen chores)
- Monk
— Derogatory
たいわんぼうず【台湾坊主】
(Noun)
- Atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
— Yojijukugo
なまぐさぼうず【生臭坊主】
(Noun)
- Degenerate monk; Corrupt priest
— Yojijukugo
わんぱくぼうず【腕白坊主】
(Noun)
- Naughty (mischievous) boy, little rascal (devil); Brat
— Yojijukugo
がんにんぼうず【願人坊主】
(Noun)
- Priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
おにぼうずぎす・オニボウズギス【鬼坊主鱚】
(Noun)
- Black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)
— Word usually written using kana alone
やんちゃぼうず【やんちゃ坊主】
(Noun)
- Rascal; Mischievous kid; Naughty child
せっきょうぼうず【説教坊主】
(Noun)
- Tub-thumping preacher; Preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; Pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication)
— Yojijukugo
キビレボウズハギ
(Noun)
- Slender unicorn (Naso minor, species of Indo-West Pacific tang found from Mozambique to the Philippines); Blackspine unicornfish; Little unicorn
ぼうずまるもうけ【坊主丸儲け】
(Expression)
- Monks make pure profit; Monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
ぼうずにくけりゃけさまでにくい【坊主憎けりゃ袈裟まで憎い】
(Expression)
- Hate everything about a person