Meaning of やぼ in Japanese
Definition of やぼ
Words related to やぼ
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(n) ambition; aspiration; designs; treachery
彼女は野望に燃えていた。
She was consumed with ambition.
- (n) boorishness; coarseness; stupidity
- (n) outer two ribs of a folding fan (i.e. the thick ribs, one at each end)
- outer frame of a lattice door
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(adj-i) unfashionable (e.g. clothes); uncouth; unpolished
あの野暮ったい服を幾らで買ったのかと聞いただけで、彼女は逆上して私にくってかかってきた。
I only asked her what she paid for that dull-looking dress and she flew off the handle at me.
- (n) Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)
- (n) fish salted and dried overnight
- (n) Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)
- (exp) You would only waste your words
