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Japanese
Etymology
独り (hitori, “one person; lone”) + 法師 (hōshi, hosshi, “Buddhist monk”)
/hitoribopusi/ → /hitoribossi/ → /hitoribotti/
Pronunciation
Noun
ひとりぼっち • (hitoribotchi)
- loneliness; solitude
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- 「ぼくはひとりぼっちにもどった………」
- “Boku wa hitoribotchi ni modotta………”
- “And I’m back to being alone again………”
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- やっと見つけた織姫様
だけどどこだろう彦星様
これじゃひとりぼっち- yatto mitsuketa Orihime-sama
da kedo doko darō Hikoboshi-sama
kore ja hitoribotchi - We've finally found the Weaver Girl,
but where's her Cowherd?
If this is how it is, she's all alone
- (archaic, literal) solitary monk
References
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN