ぶす

See also: ふず

Japanese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぶす [búꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟sɨ]

Noun

ぶす or ブス • (busu) ^{←ぶす (busu)?}

1. ugly woman
2. (derogatory) ugly; hag (generic term of abuse)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ぶす – see the following entry.

【付子】 [noun] Alternative form of 付子 (bushi, “the lateral roots of aconite, used as medicine”) [noun] a hated thing Alternative spelling 附子

(This term, ぶす (busu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ぶす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ぶす.)