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JLPT N1prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

某ぼう

bou

a certain, unnamed

Used before a name or noun when the identity is withheld. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その事故じこは某ぼう映画えいがスターの酔よっぱらい運転うんてんのせいだった。

    The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. あやうく某ぼう業者ぎょうしゃの甘言かんげんに騙だまされ、大損おおそんするところでした。

    I was almost deceived by a certain trader’s sweet words into making a huge loss.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この器具きぐの設計者せっけいしゃは不明ふめいであるが、製作者せいさくしゃは野村のむら某ぼうである。

    The designer of the equipment is unknown, but the producer was a certain NOMURA.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 某

  • 某so-and-so; oneOnボウKunそれがし・なにがし

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