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一人ぼっち

独りぼっち、 一人ぽっち、 独りぽっち、 独り法師

Readings

Kana: ひとりぼっち、ひとりぽっち
Romaji: hitoribotchi, hitoripotchi
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Definition

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aloneness; loneliness; solitude

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り
Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war

Example Sentences

(かれ)一人(ひとり)ぼっちだった。
➥He was alone.
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(わたし)一人(ひとり)ぼっちで()らしたくない。
➥I don't want to live by myself.
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(わたし)外国(がいこく)でまったくひとりぼっちです。
➥I am all alone in a foreign country.
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(かれ)一人(ひとり)ぼっちで(すわ)っていた。
➥He was seated all alone.
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彼女(かのじょ)はいなくて一人(ひとり)ぼっちだった。
➥I was lonely without her.
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彼女(かのじょ)小屋(こや)一人(ひとり)ぼっちで()らしていた。
➥She was living alone in a hut.
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