Illustration: At a neighborhood bicycle repair shop, a customer politely leans forward with both hands ready to receive their repaired bicycle key. The mechanic, still facing a wheel on the repair stand, extends the key backward in one stiff hand without meeting the customer's eyes.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ぶっきらぼう

bukkirabou

curt, blunt

Example sentences

彼女かのじょはぶっきらぼうな返事へんじをした。
She made an abrupt answer.
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ビルのぶっきらぼうな態度たいどは誤解ごかいを生うむ原因げんいんになっている。
Bill’s abrupt manner causes him to be misunderstood.
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彼かれ、ぶっきらぼうだけど、本当ほんとうはとても優やさしい人ひとなんだよ。
He’s blunt, but he’s actually a very kind person.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

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