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JLPT N4 · Pronoun

僕 (boku)

僕 (ぼく, boku) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “I; me”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ぼく
Romaji
boku
Word class
Pronoun
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. I; me · pronoun · masculine
  2. you · pronoun · colloquial · when addressing a young boy
  3. manservant · noun · archaic

Example sentences

僕はスーザンに謝ろうと電話したのに、彼女ときたら一方的に電話を切っちゃったんだ。
I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.
Tatoeba #82081
「ぼくだいじょうぶ？」といわれました。「だいじょうぶ」とこたえました。
I was asked, "You OK, kid?". I replied, "Fine."
Tatoeba #77009

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

Kanji in 僕

僕
me, I (male), servantボク・しもべ · 14 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1521400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.