- 坊ちゃん
- ぼっちゃん【坊ちゃん】your [his, her, their] son〖C〗.¶私の息子は5歳ですが, お宅の~はおいくつですか.My son is five years old. How old is yours?* * *ぼっちゃん【坊ちゃん】〔男の子の敬称〕 your [his, her] son; (主人の子の) young master; 〔呼び掛け〕 sonny; 〔男の子〕 a boy; a son; 〔世間知らずの男〕 a green boy [youth]; a greenhorn; a baby. [⇒おぼっちゃん]
●赤ちゃんはお坊ちゃんですかお嬢ちゃんですか. Is your baby a boy or (a) girl [a he or (a) she]?
・まるでお坊ちゃんだ. 〔世間知らずだ〕 He is completely innocent (of the ways of the world). | He knows nothing of the world.
坊ちゃん刈り a young boy's close-cropped haircut; a boy's bob; a bowl [mushroom] cut.●坊ちゃん刈りにする have one's hair cut like a little boy's.
坊ちゃん育ち●坊ちゃん育ちである have a pampered upbringing.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.