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Japanese
Noun
おぼこ • (oboko)
- (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Kanagawa, Chūbu, Tokushima) baby
- おぼこが生まれた
- oboko ga umareta
- A baby was born. (Akita-Kazuno dialect)
- (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Gunma, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano) child
- (Aomori, Yamagata, Nagano) boy
- (Yamagata, Kanagawa, Niigata, Wakayama, Chūgoku, Shikoku) daughter
- (Aomori, Fukushima, Wakayama, Tokushima) a child who is unaware of society
- (Niigata, Nagano, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Shimane, Ehime, Ōita) doll
- (Osaka, Wakayama, Tottori, Hiroshima, Shimane) bobbed hair
- (Fukushima, Kagawa) name of a hairstyle in a celebration of a young girl's new year
- (Fukushima) ball
- (Aichi) kotatsu
- (Aichi) New year mochi offerred with a small one on top
- (Aichi) young striped mullet
- (Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka) silkworm
- (Niigata) tadpole
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (尚学図書) (1989) 日本方言大辞典 [Unabridged Japanese Dialect Dictionary], volume 1, Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN, page 451