Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of ぼそぼそ in Japanese

ぼそぼそ
Romaji
bosoboso
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, adverb taking the `to' particle
    Meaning
    dry and crumbling
    Example sentence
    乾いてぼそぼそになったパンをかみながらの山の旅で、大蛇にあった。 While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    whispering; subdued
    Example sentence
    外米はぼそぼそしていて、日本人の口には合わない。 Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    tasteless; flavorless; flavourless
    Example sentence
    その内気な少年はぼそぼそと自分の名前をつぶやいた。 The shy boy murmured his name.

Examples of , ぼそぼそ in a sentence