ほうぼう

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方々
方方
persons
this and that
here and there
everywhere
any way
all sides
all gentlemen
all people

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ほうぼう【方方】

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ほうぼう【方々】

〔諸方面〕 every direction; different [diverse, various] quarters [places]; all sides; everywhere. [⇒所々方々 ⇒しょしょ²]

●方々歩き回る wander [tramp] from place to place

・方々探す look for sb [sth] everywhere.

●方々から from various [all] quarters

・方々から問い合わせがあった. I have received enquiries from several quarters [from many people].

●彼は方々で持てはやされている. He is lionized everywhere.

・方々でそういう不満を聞く. I hear the same complaint in various quarters.

●方々に in several places; in all directions; on all sides; everywhere; far and near; up and down; all over 《the town》; wherever one goes

・センサーが方々に設置してある. Sensors are installed all over the place.

・彼らは方々に散っていった. They scattered in all directions.

・あの人は方々に借金がある. He has creditors all over town.

●方々の店を回ったがその品はなかった. I went around to stores everywhere but none of them had that article.

II

ほうぼう【蜂房】

a beehive; a bees' nest.

III

ほうぼう【鋒鋩】

＝きっさき.

●(人が)鋒鋩を現す[収める] reveal [conceal] one's barbed tongue [caustic nature]

・その気性が時々鋒鋩を現した. He sometimes showed his caustic nature.

・彼は次第に鋒鋩を現してきた. He has gradually shown how caustic [scathing, biting] he can be.

IV

ほうぼう【魴鮄】

【魚】 a gurnard; a gurnet; a sea robin.

ホウボウ科 Triglidae.