Vocabulary

What does ぼろぼろ mean?

ぼろぼろ means tattered, worn to shreds (clothes, old books, shoes); also exhausted, or crumbling bit by bit.

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tattered, worn to shreds (clothes, old books, shoes); also exhausted, or crumbling bit by bit

Example sentences

十年使(じゅうねんつか)った辞書(じしょ)は、角(かど)がぼろぼろになってしまった。
The dictionary I have used for ten years has frayed to shreds at the corners.