rags

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ぼろ

Dictionary

Common Words

襤褸ボロUsually kanaFreq #23890
1

Common noun

rag; old cloth

2

Common noun

tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags

Examples
その男はボロを着ていた。
The man was in rags.
3

Common noun

fault (one is trying to hide); defect; weakness

4

Noun or verb acting prenominally; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

worn-out; run-down; shabby; ragged; tattered

Examples
ぼろ服が正直者を包んでいるかもしれない。
A ragged coat may cover an honest man.
ぼろいボロい襤褸い~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #25741
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Colloquial

worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated

ボロが出るぼろがでる襤褸が出るExpressionIchidan verbFreq #26645
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to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

ボロ布ぼろ布ボロ切れぼろ切れきれぼろぬの (ボロ布/ぼろ布)襤褸切れNounFreq #56621
1

old cloth; rag

ボロを出すぼろを出すぼろをだすExpressionGodan verbFreq #72108
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to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up

Examples
あいつでかいことばかり言ってるけど、そのうちぼろを出すよ。
He's always talking like a big shot, but it won't be long before all his faults are exposed.
ぼろっちいボロっちい襤褸っちい~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #72345
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Colloquial

worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated

ボロカスろかす襤褸滓NounUsually kanaFreq #82272
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harsh criticism

2

something worthless or of little value

ボロクソろくそ襤褸糞Noun~な Adj.Usually kanaFreq #88046
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worthless; shit

2

disparaging; demeaning

ボロ家ボロ屋ぼろ家ぼろ屋襤褸家襤褸屋NounFreq #109455
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run-down shabby house

Examples
その家はかなりぼろ屋になっている。
The house is quite run down.
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Archaic

rag and scrap merchant

ぼろぎく野襤褸菊ノボロギクNounUsually kanaFreq #287352
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common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

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