ひとりぼっち

Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
独りぼっち独り法師一人ぼっち

Alternative forms edit

ひとりぽっち (hitoripotchi)

Etymology edit

独り (hitori, “one person; lone”) +‎ 法師 (hōshi, hosshi, “Buddhist monk”)

/hitoribopusi/ → /hitoribossi/ → /hitoribotti/

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) ひとりぼっち [hìtóríbóꜜtchì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞ɾʲibo̞t̚t͡ɕi]

Noun edit

ひとりぼっち • (hitoribotchi)

loneliness; solitude
- 1988 July 30 [1984 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “ふたりぼっち [Altwo]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 2), 10th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 190:
  
  「ぼくはひとりぼっちにもどった………」
  “Boku wa hitoribotchi ni modotta………”
  “And I’m back to being alone again………”
- 2009, “君の知らない物語”, ryo [ryo] (lyrics), performed by supercell [supercell]:
  
  やっと見(み)つけた織(おり)姫(ひめ)様(さま)
  だけどどこだろう彦(ひこ)星(ぼし)様(さま)
  これじゃひとりぼっち
  yatto mitsuketa Orihime-sama
  da kedo doko darō Hikoboshi-sama
  kore ja hitoribotchi
  We've finally found the Weaver Girl,
  but where's her Cowherd?
  If this is how it is, she's all alone
(archaic, literal) solitary monk

Related terms edit

ぼっち (botchi)

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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