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ぼろぼろ (boroboro)

old and scruffy

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Meaning

ぼろぼろ (boroboro) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “old and scruffy”.

Example sentences 11

彼かれはぼろぼろのアパートに住すんでいる

He lives in a scruffy old apartment.

その服はぼろぼろだった。

The clothes were tattered.

刃がぼろぼろに欠けている.

The blade is fearfully jagged.

上着うわぎを着古きふるしてぼろぼろにする。

I wear my coat to rags.

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