ぼろぞうきん
Japanese
Alternative spellings
襤褸雑巾
ボロ雑巾
ぼろ雑巾
Etymology
From
襤褸
(
ぼろ
)
(
boro
)
+
雑巾
(
ぞうきん
)
(
zōkin
)
.
Pronunciation
IPA
(key)
:
[bo̞ɾo̞zo̞ːkʲĩɴ]
Noun
ぼろぞうきん
or
ボロぞうきん
• (
boro-zōkin
)
←
ぼろざふきん
(
borozafukin
)
?
(
literally
)
beat-up
cleaning cloth
Used in metaphor to describe one who is
used
and abandoned.
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