ぼろ

Also written ボロ, 襤褸

Meanings

1. Noun rag; old cloth
2. tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags
3. fault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness
4. Prenominal, な-adjective worn-out; run-down; shabby; ragged; tattered

Example sentences

• ぼろ服が正直者を包んでいるかもしれない。
  A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
• その男はボロを着ていた。
  The man was in rags.
• その家はかなりぼろ屋になっている。
  The house is quite run down.
• あいつでかいことばかり言ってるけど、そのうちぼろを出すよ。
  He's always talking like a big shot, but it won't be long before all his faults are exposed.
• 僕は彼女とかかわったために身も心もずたぼろにされてしまった。
  My involvement with her left me a physical and mental wreck.

Common phrases

• ボロが出る (ぼろがでる) to have one's faults exposed

Words containing ぼろ

• べにばなぼろぎく red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Word lists

• JLPT N2

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