ひとりぼっち
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Japanese[edit]
| Alternative spellings |
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| 独りぼっち 独り法師 一人ぼっち |
Alternative forms[edit]
- ひとりぽっち (hitoripotchi)
Etymology[edit]
独り (hitori, “one person; lone”) + 法師 (hōshi, hosshi, “Buddhist monk”)
/hitoribopusi/ → /hitoribossi/ → /hitoribotti/
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ひとりぼっち • (hitoribotchi)
- loneliness; solitude
- 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 190:
- 「ぼくはひとりぼっちにもどった………」
- “Boku wa hitoribotchi ni modotta………”
- “And I’m back to being alone again………”
- 「ぼくはひとりぼっちにもどった………」
- (archaic, literal) solitary monk
Related terms[edit]
- ぼっち (botchi)
References[edit]
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN