ぼこぼこ

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Japanese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ぼこぼこ • (bokoboko) 

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Adjective

ぼこぼこ • (bokoboko) -na (adnominal ぼこぼこな (bokoboko na), adverbial ぼこぼこに (bokoboko ni))

  1. (informal, onomatopoeia) beaten up; worn
  2. (informal, onomatopoeia) severely beaten (physical violence)

Inflection

Inflection of ぼこぼこ
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) ぼこぼこだろ bokoboko daro
Continuative (連用形) ぼこぼこで bokoboko de
Terminal (終止形) ぼこぼこだ bokoboko da
Attributive (連体形) ぼこぼこな bokoboko na
Hypothetical (仮定形) ぼこぼこなら bokoboko nara
Imperative (命令形) ぼこぼこであれ bokoboko de are
Key constructions
Informal negative ぼこぼこではない
ぼこぼこじゃない 		bokoboko de wa nai
bokoboko ja nai
Informal past ぼこぼこだった bokoboko datta
Informal negative past ぼこぼこではなかった
ぼこぼこじゃなかった 		bokoboko de wa nakatta
bokoboko ja nakatta
Formal ぼこぼこです bokoboko desu
Formal negative ぼこぼこではありません
ぼこぼこじゃありません 		bokoboko de wa arimasen
bokoboko ja arimasen
Formal past ぼこぼこでした bokoboko deshita
Formal negative past ぼこぼこではありませんでした
ぼこぼこじゃありませんでした 		bokoboko de wa arimasen deshita
bokoboko ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive ぼこぼこで bokoboko de
Conditional ぼこぼこなら（ば） bokoboko nara (ba)
Provisional ぼこぼこだったら bokoboko dattara
Volitional ぼこぼこだろう bokoboko darō
Adverbial ぼこぼこに bokoboko ni
Degree ぼこぼこさ bokobokosa

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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