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ボロ

ぼろ

usually kana

Readings

ぼろボロ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    nrag; old cloth
  2. 2.
    ntattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags
  3. 3.
    nfault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness
  4. 4.
    adj-f, adj-naworn-out; run-down; shabby; ragged; tattered

Example sentences

その男はボロを着ていた。

The man was in rags.

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.

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ボロぼろ

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

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