木偶の坊

Japanese
Kanji in this term
木 偶 坊
Grade: 1 Grade: S ぼう
Grade: S
irregular on’yomi
Alternative spelling
でくの坊

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) でくの​ぼー [dèkúnóꜜbòò] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [de̞kɯ̟ᵝno̞bo̞ː]

Noun

木偶(でく)の坊(ぼう) • (dekunobō) 

  1. doll, puppet
  2. useless person
    彼(かれ)は木偶(でく)の坊(ぼう)にすぎない。
    Kare wa dekunobō ni suginai.
    He is no better than a fool.

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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