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ぶう

buu

Definition

Noun

  1. (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.

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Kanaぶう
Romanizationbuu

意味:おぶう・おぶ、おゆ【お湯】

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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/.