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ボロUsually kanaFreq #23890
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Common noun

rag; old cloth

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Common noun

tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rags

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

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

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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~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #25741
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Colloquial

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

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)切れNounFreq #56621
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old cloth; rag

ボロカスろかすNounUsually kanaFreq #82272
1

harsh criticism

2

something worthless or of little value

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

2

disparaging; demeaning

ボロ市ぼろ市ぼろいちNoun
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flea market (esp. one held in Setagaya, Tokyo in December or January)

んるNoun
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Formal or literary term

tattered clothes; ragged clothes; rag

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

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っちい~い Adj.Usually kanaFreq #72345
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Colloquial

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

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

だんどぼろぎく段戸襤ダンドボロギクNounUsually kanaFreq #310978
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fireweed (Erechtites hieracifolia); burnweed; pilewort

ぼろうちわふなくいむし団扇船喰虫ボロウチワフナクイムシNounUsually kana
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Uperotus clava (species of shipworm)

べにばなぼろぎく紅花襤ベニバナボロギクNounUsually kana
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red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf

ボロ雑巾ぼろ雑巾ぼろぞうきん雑巾Noun
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dirty worn-out rag

ボロ家ボロ屋ぼろ家ぼろ屋NounFreq #109455
1

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