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ぼんぼん

Reading

Kana: ぼんぼん
Romaji: bonbon
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

adv
adv-to
1

fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning)

2

bong-bong (of clock ringing)

3

with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker)

noun
4

striking clock

Note: abbreviation
See also: ぼんぼん時計
5

green young man from a well-to-do family

(Kansai-ben)

Example Sentence

火(ひ)がぼんぼん燃(も)えている。
➥The fire is burning furiously.
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ボンボン

Reading

Kana: ボンボン
Romaji: bonbon
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

bonbon

ポンポン

Readings

Kana: ポンポン、ぽんぽん
Romaji: ponpon, ponpon
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

pompon; pompons; bobbles

2

tummy; tumtum

Note: children's language
adv
adv-to
3

bang-bang; pop-pop; tap-tap

Note: onomatopoeic or mimetic word
4

without reservation; unreservedly; snappishly; outspokenly

凡々

凡凡

Reading

Kana: ぼんぼん
Romaji: bonbon
Kana
Romaji

Definition

adj-t
adv-to
1

ordinary; usual

Kanji

凡
Readings: ボン、 ハン、 およ.そ、 おうよ.そ、 すべ.て
Meanings: commonplace, ordinary, mediocre

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)ほど平々凡々(へいへいぼんぼん)たる主人公(しゅじんこう)は珍(めずら)しい。
➥A protagonist as plain and ordinary as him is rare indeed.
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さまざまな才能(さいのう)に恵(めぐ)まれて、なんでもそつなくこなす姉(あね)にとって、平々凡々(へいへいぼんぼん)たる俺(おれ)の存在(そんざい)はひどく許(ゆる)せないものらしい。
➥For my multi-talented sister, able do anything with ease, it seems that my commonplace self is something whose existence she finds very hard to forgive.
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