Word details

坊ちゃん

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 坊ちゃん.

Dictionary

Entry

坊ちゃん坊っちゃんっちゃんNounFreq #13097
1

Honorific

(another's) son; boy; young master

Examples
坊ちゃんに幸あれ。
All our best to that little boy.
2

green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

boy, priest's residence, priest

7 strokesFrequency 1,832JLPT N2Grade 8

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