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    3. 坊ちゃん

    坊ちゃん

    坊ぼっち​ゃ​ん​

    (another's) son

    N1KMT10News #33+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    坊っちゃん

    ぼっちゃん

    Noun

    1.
    (another's) son, boy, young master
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    2.
    green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world

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    彼かれは金かね持もちの坊ぼっちゃんだ。

    He is a rich young master.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    お宅たくの坊ぼっちゃんは、もうおいくつになられましたか。

    How old is your son now? (polite)

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    世せ間けん知しらずの坊ぼっちゃん育そだちなので、苦く労ろうを知しらない。

    Because he was raised as a sheltered young master, he doesn't know hardship.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの坊ぼっちゃんは、来らい年ねん小しょう学がっ校こうに入にゅう学がくする予よ定ていです。

    His son is scheduled to enter elementary school next year.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEducation
    夏なつ目め漱そう石せきの小しょう説せつ「坊ぼっちゃん」は、彼かれの代だい表ひょう作さくの一ひとつだ。

    Natsume Soseki's novel "Botchan" is one of his representative works.

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    Characters that make up this word

    坊
    boy・priest's residence・priest
    Kanji
    ち
    chi
    Kana
    ゃ
    small ya
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
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