ぼう

See also: ほう

Japanese

Affix

ぼう • (bō) 

1. 氓: (on'yomi, only used in compounds) people, subjects

Noun

ぼう • (bō) 

1. 暮雨: rain in the evening
2. 坊: a boy; a bonze, a Buddhist monk
3. 帽: a hat
4. 房: a room, particularly a small room on the side of a larger hall; a monastery
5. 暴: violence; illegality; unreasonableness
6. 望: the full moon; the 15th day of the month in the lunar calendar; one method of diagnosis in Chinese medicine
7. 某: an undisclosed something, someone or somewhere
8. 棒: a bar or staff (as of wood or metal)
9. 貌: a shape or form; one's complexion; appearance

Pronoun

ぼう • (bou) 

1. 某: (obsolete) I; me. (Used by samurai.)

Proper noun

ぼう • (Bō) 

1. 昴: one of the 28 traditional Japanese constellations, the Pleiades

Verb

ぼう • (bou) ^{←ぼふ (bofu)?}transitive godan

1. 追う: to follow, to chase