ぼっこぼこ (ボッコボコ)
Bokkoboko · ぼっこぼこ — severely beaten up, repeatedly punched and kicked, thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words), fiercely criticised, bombarded with verbal abuse
Other ways to say “severely beaten up” in Japanese →
ぼっこぼこ in rōmaji: bokkoboko.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
ぼっこぼこ
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|---|---|
| 読み (Reading) |
ボッコボコ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
形状詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
*
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
*
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
ぼっこぼこ
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| 読み・基本形 |
ボッコボコ
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| 表記・基本形 |
ぼっこぼこ
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| 見出し語の読み |
ボッコボコ
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Used informally, often in manga, anime, or casual speech, to describe someone getting badly beaten up or verbally trashed.
彼は喧嘩でぼっこぼこにされた。
Kare wa kenka de bokkoboko ni sareta.
He got beaten up badly in a fight.
あの選手はネットでぼっこぼこに叩かれた。
Ano senshu wa netto de bokkoboko ni tatakareta.
That player was brutally criticized online.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 'ぼこぼこ' (bokoboko), which is less intense and can also mean 'hollow' or 'bumpy'.
ぼっこぼこ means “severely beaten up, repeatedly punched and kicked, thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words), fiercely criticised, bombarded with verbal abuse” — full definition & examples →