ぼ JLPT N1 Vocabulary

Browse 20 JLPT N1 Vocabulary entries for Japanese under ぼ.

Kana ぼ

  1. 朴訥 ぼくとつ Honest; simple; unsophisticated; artless. Describes a person who is unpretentious, plain-spoken, and sincere without being eloquent.
  2. 暴行 ぼうこう Assault; violence; attack. The use of physical force against another person; a criminal act of physical violence.
  3. 防犯 ぼうはん Crime prevention; security. Measures or efforts taken to prevent criminal activity or protect against crime.
  4. 亡命 ぼうめい Exile; defection; seeking asylum. Fleeing one's own country, typically for political reasons, to seek refuge or protection in another cou...
  5. 暴力 ぼうりょく Violence; force; brutality. The use of physical force to harm, coerce, or intimidate; also used broadly for any coercive or destructive f...
  6. 撲滅 ぼくめつ Eradication; extermination; stamping out. The complete elimination of something harmful, such as a disease, crime, or social evil.
  7. 菩薩 ぼさつ Bodhisattva; an enlightened being who delays nirvana out of compassion to guide others toward salvation.
  8. 煩悩 ぼんのう Worldly desires; earthly passions; mental afflictions that cause suffering and bind beings to the cycle of rebirth.
  9. 暴言 ぼうげん Abusive language; violent words; rash remark. Extremely offensive, reckless, or violent speech that goes beyond acceptable norms.
  10. 暴風 ぼうふう Windstorm; gale; violent wind. Wind of destructive intensity, typically exceeding Beaufort scale 10 and capable of causing significant st...
  11. 母集団 ぼしゅうだん Population; parent group. In statistics, the complete set of individuals, objects, or measurements about which conclusions are to be drawn.
  12. 墨客 ぼっかく A person of literary and artistic cultivation; a calligrapher, poet, or painter in the literati tradition.
  13. 亡国 ぼうこく Ruined country; national ruin; downfall of a nation. The destruction or collapse of a state, or a situation that leads inevitably to such...
  14. 亡失 ぼうしつ Loss; disappearance; being irretrievably lost. Describes the permanent loss or disappearance of something, especially official documents,...
  15. 冒涜 ぼうとく Blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration. Describes the act of treating something sacred, revered, or highly valued with contempt or ...
  16. 没頭 ぼっとう Immersion; absorption; total dedication. Describes the state of being completely absorbed in or devoted to something, to the exclusion of...
  17. 凡庸 ぼんよう Mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; lacking distinction. Describes someone or something that is thoroughly average and unremarkable.
  18. 簿記 ぼき Bookkeeping; the systematic recording of financial transactions in a business.
  19. 望郷 ぼうきょう Homesickness; a deep longing for one's hometown or native land.
  20. 慕情 ぼじょう Longing; deep yearning; tender love or affection, especially for someone who is absent.