Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ぞう
Grade: 5
きん
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
ボロ雜巾 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of ボロ雑巾 – see the following entry.
ぼろぞうきん
[noun] (literally) beat-up cleaning cloth
[noun] Used in metaphor to describe one who is used and abandoned.
(This term, ボロ雑巾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)