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JLPT N2 · な-adjective

ぼろ (boro)

ぼろ is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “rag; old cloth”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists.

Reading
ぼろ
Romaji
boro
Word class
な-adjective
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. rag; old cloth · noun · usually written in kana
  2. tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags · noun · usually written in kana
  3. fault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness · noun · usually written in kana
  4. worn-out; run-down; shabby; ragged; tattered · pre-noun, な-adjective · usually written in kana

Example sentences

その男はボロを着ていた。
The man was in rags.
Tatoeba #208089
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.
Tatoeba #195937

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of ぼろ

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Present (plain)ぼろだぼろだ boroda
Present (polite)ぼろですぼろです borodesu
Negativeぼろじゃないぼろじゃない borojanai
Pastぼろだったぼろだった borodatta
Negative pastぼろじゃなかったぼろじゃなかった borojanakatta
Te-formぼろでぼろで borode
Before a nounぼろなぼろな borona
Adverb (~ni)ぼろにぼろに boroni

Source: JMdict entry 1572500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.