Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 暴走(ぼうそう) in Japanese

暴走
Kana Reading
ぼうそう
Romaji
bōsō
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
    Meaning
    running wildly; reckless driving; runaway; rampage
    Example sentence
    戦闘ロボＪＡは暴走した。 The battle robot JA went berserk.

Examples of 暴走, ぼうそう in a sentence

Kanji in this word

暴 JLPT 2

15 strokes

outburst, rave, fret, force, violence, cruelty, outrage

On'Yomi: ボウ, バク

Kun'Yomi: あば.く, あば.れる

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走 JLPT 4

7 strokes

run

On'Yomi: ソウ

Kun'Yomi: はし.る

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