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表層形
ポンコツ
名詞

ポンコツ

Ponkotsu · ぽんこつ — piece of junk, worn-out article; clumsy, useless, no good, unreliable; dismantled car

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ポンコツ in rōmaji: ponkotsu.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 ぽんこつ 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月4日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ポンコツ
見出し語 (Lemma)
ぽんこつ
読み (Reading)
ポンコツ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
*
活用形 (Conj. Form)
*
表記 (Orthography)
ポンコツ
読み・基本形
ポンコツ
表記・基本形
ポンコツ
見出し語の読み
ポンコツ
💡 English Meaning

ポンコツ means “piece of junk, worn-out article; clumsy, useless, no good, unreliable; dismantled car” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

ぽんこつ (ポンコツ) — main entry →

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The surface form (ポンコツ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (ぽんこつ) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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