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坊っちゃん

ぼっちゃん

(your) son; a young master; a naive, sheltered young man

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Examples

  1. 坊っちゃんはおいくつですか。

    ぼっちゃんはおいくつですか。

    How old is your son?

  2. 坊っちゃんに幸あれ。

    ぼっちゃんにさちあれ。

    All the best to the young man.

  3. 彼は苦労を知らない坊っちゃんだと言われている。

    かれはくろうをしらないぼっちゃんだといわれている。

    People say he is a sheltered rich kid who has never known hardship.

Common patterns

坊っちゃん育ち
raised in comfort, pampered upbringing
お坊っちゃん
young master (polite)
坊っちゃんとお嬢さん
the son and the daughter (of the house)

Memory tip

Polite when you use it of someone else's little boy, but mildly mocking when applied to a grown man — it then means he has been shielded from real life. The female counterpart is お嬢さん.

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