🌏 Region(s): Honshu (Standard)
ぶう : buu | define meaning
buu
Definition
Noun
- (Children's language) Hot water (especially for drinking); tea
Etymology
First translated as "hot water used for drinking" by James Curtis Hepburn in A Japanese-English and English-Japanese Dictionary (1872), page 39.
Spelling
Orthography | Form |
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Kana | ぶう |
Romanization | buu |
意味:おぶう・おぶ、おゆ【お湯】
ぶう
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, October 17). ぶう : buu | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, January 20, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2676/buu/.