ぶす

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See also: ふず

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

ぶす or ブス (busuぶす (busu)?

  1. ugly woman
  2. (derogatory) ugly; hag (generic term of abuse)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ぶす – see the following entry.
付子
Alternative form of 付子 (bushi, the lateral roots of aconite, used as medicine)
a hated thing
Alternative spelling
附子
(This term, ぶす (busu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as ぶす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶす.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN