おんぼろ

Also written オンボロ

Meanings

1. Prenominal, な-adjective, の-adjective, Noun worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated

Example sentences

• 私の車はおんぼろになってしまいました。
  My car is on its last legs.
• 坂を下りるときに彼女のおんぼろ自転車はキーキー音を立てた。
  Her old bike squeaked as she rode down the hill.
• トムがオンボロの古い車で娘を学校に迎えに行くと、彼女は他人のふりをした。
  Tom's daughter pretended not to know him when he came to pick her up from school in his battered old car.
• この家って築200年なの？オンボロ過ぎるでしょう。
  Was this house built 200 years ago? It seems so dilapidated.

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