坊主

ぼうず

Also written ぼんず, 房主

Meanings

1. Noun 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 See also: おでこ.
5. the August 20-point card See also: 花札 (はなふだ).

Kanji

• 坊 boy. Read as ボウ.
• 主 main. Read as ス.

Example sentences

• 禅坊主じゃあるまいし、毎日毎日、一汁一菜のダイエットメニューは勘弁してよ。
  What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
• 窓ガラスを割ったいたずら坊主は誰だ？
  Who's the naughty boy that broke the window?
• いっそのこと丸坊主にしてみたらどう？よく似合うと思うよ。
  How about shaving your head instead? I think it would look good on you.
• 宗派によっては、お坊さんは坊主にしなくてもいいんだってね。知らなかったよ。
  I didn't know that depending on which sect they belong to, priests don't necessarily have to shave their head.
• 坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた。
  The priest skillfully drew a picture of a priest on a folding screen.

Common phrases

• 坊主になる

Words containing 坊主

• 三日坊主 (みっかぼうず) person who cannot stick to anything
• 坊主頭 (ぼうずあたま) close-cropped hair
• てるてる坊主 (てるてるぼうず) paper doll to which children pray for fine weather (usu. white, and shaped like a Buddhist priest)

And 32 more.

Word lists

• Spoken

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists