Botchan

JLPT N2

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坊ちゃん (Botchan) is a Japanese noun meaning “(another's) son, boy, young master, green young man from a well-to-do family”.

Meanings

  1. noun(another's) son; boy; young master
  2. noungreen young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

Examples

  • All our best to that little boy.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 坊ちゃん

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