おぼこ

Japanese

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• おぼっこ (obokko)
• ぼっこ (bokko)
• ぼこ (boko)
• ぼぼこ (boboko)
• おぼ (obo)
• ぼぼ (bobo)
• ぼぼさま (bobosama)
• ぼぼさ (bobosa)
• ぼんぼ (bonbo)
• おんぼ (onbo)
• ぼんぼこ (bonboko)
• ぼこたち (bokotachi)
• おぼこさん (obokosan)
• ぼぼこめ (bobokome)
• ぼこさん (bokosan)
• おぼこのせる (obokonoseru)
• おぼこさま (obokosama)
• おんぼこさん (onbokosan)
• おんぼくさん (onbokusan)
• おんばくさん (onbakusan)

Noun

おぼこ • (oboko) 

1. (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Kanagawa, Chūbu, Tokushima) baby

   おぼこが生(う)まれた

   oboko ga umareta

   A baby was born. (Akita-Kazuno dialect)

2. (Tōhoku, Tokyo-Oshima, Gunma, Niigata, Yamanashi, Nagano) child
3. (Aomori, Yamagata, Nagano) boy
4. (Yamagata, Kanagawa, Niigata, Wakayama, Chūgoku, Shikoku) daughter
5. (Aomori, Fukushima, Wakayama, Tokushima) a child who is unaware of society
6. (Niigata, Nagano, Shizuoka, Gifu, Aichi, Shimane, Ehime, Ōita) doll
7. (Osaka, Wakayama, Tottori, Hiroshima, Shimane) bobbed hair
8. (Fukushima, Kagawa) name of a hairstyle in a celebration of a young girl's new year
9. (Fukushima) ball
10. (Aichi) kotatsu
11. (Aichi) New year mochi offerred with a small one on top
12. (Aichi) young striped mullet
13. (Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka) silkworm
14. (Niigata) tadpole

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (尚学図書) (1989) 日本方言大辞典 [Unabridged Japanese Dialect Dictionary], volume 1, Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN, page 451