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：2026/01/07
ぼて
Kanji
棒手
Noun
abbreviation
alt-of
Japanese Meaning
張りぼての略。外見だけをそれらしく作り、中身が伴っていないもの。見せかけだけ立派なもの。 / 棒手振の略。天秤棒を担いで商品を売り歩く行商人。 / 腹ぼての略。腹がぽってりと出ていること。また、そのような腹や人。
Easy Japanese Meaning
ふくらんで大きくなったおなかやもののようすをあらわすことば
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
纸糊的装饰品 / 挑担叫卖的小贩 / 大肚子
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（張りぼて之略）紙糊模型；虛有其表之物 / （棒手振之略）挑著扁擔叫賣的小販 / （腹ぼて之略）大肚子（尤指懷孕）
Korean Meaning
허울뿐인 겉치레 / 멍에를 메고 다니는 행상인 / 임신으로 불룩한 배
Vietnamese Meaning
giấy bồi; đồ hào nhoáng rỗng tuếch / người bán rong gánh đòn gánh / bụng bự; có bầu
Tagalog Meaning
palamuting gawa sa papier-mâché / maglalako na may pasaning pingga / buntis
Sense（1）
Short for 張りぼて (haribote).
Sense（2）
Short for 棒手振 (botefuri, “carrying-pole-bearing hawker”).
Sense（3）
Short for 腹ぼて (harabote, “big belly”).
（ romanization ）
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Short for 張りぼて (haribote). / Short for 棒手振 (botefuri, “carrying-pole-bearing hawker”). / Short for 腹ぼて (harabote, “big belly”).
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ぼて
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I think all his bragging is just a sham.
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彼の自慢話は全部ぼてだと思う。
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