noun:

• nickname for such names as Haruo or Haruko

noun:

• second son

noun:

• master priest

noun / adjectival noun:

• miser; cheapskate; skinflint

noun:

• silent person; taciturn person - archaism

noun:

• temple; monk's quarters - honorific language
• monk - honorific language

noun:

• former crown prince; the late crown prince

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• smooth; flat; lacking bumps and dents
• featureless; uneventful

noun:

• noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face

noun:

• plain (e.g. face); smooth ➜ ずべら坊
• slovenly

noun:

• lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)

noun:

• bonze; monk
• monk's dwelling ［ぼう］
• boy; sonny - vocative
• I; me ［ぼう］ - used by male children

suffix:

• little ［ぼう］ - after name; familiar form of address - familiar language
• person who is ... ［ぼう］ - often preceded by ん

noun:

• pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider

noun:

• plain (e.g. face); smooth ➜ ずんべら棒
• slovenly

noun:

• Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon

noun:

• visitor's or pilgrims' lodgings in a temple; priest's quarters

noun:

• part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

noun:

• American kestrel (Falco sparverius)

noun:

• merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk

noun:

• beetle-browed boy; mischief

noun:

• boaster; braggart; bossy person; overbearing person - colloquialism ➜ 威張る

noun:

• cemetery guard
• crematorium worker

noun:

• greedy person

noun:

• hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

adjectival noun / noun:

• fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person

noun:

• naked person