べらぼう

Japanese

Alternative spelling
篦棒

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らぼー [bèrábóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [be̞ɾa̠bo̞ː]

Adjective

べらぼう • (berabōべらばう (berabau)?-na (adnominal べらぼう (berabō na), adverbial べらぼう (berabō ni))

  1. excessive
    べらぼうな税金(ぜいきん)
    berabō na zeikin
    excessive taxes

Inflection

Noun

べらぼう • (berabōべらばう (berabau)?

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See also

References

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