Illustration: Inside a neighborhood fruit shop, a shopkeeper bends slightly toward a small boy standing beside his mother. The mother rests one hand naturally on her son's shoulder while the shopkeeper offers him a mandarin on an open palm, with the same courteous posture used toward an adult customer.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

坊ぼっちゃん

botchan

someone else’s son, young master

A respectful way to refer to someone else’s son. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

お宅たくの坊ぼっちゃんは、もう小学生しょうがくせいですか。
Is your son in elementary school already?
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先生せんせいの坊ぼっちゃんが、店みせに来きていましたよ。
Your son came by the shop, sir.
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お隣となりの坊ぼっちゃんが犬いぬと散歩さんぽしていました。
Your neighbor’s son was walking the dog.
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Kanji in 坊

坊boy; priest's residenceOnボウ・ボッ

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