Kanji
僕
N1
14 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1236
me, I (male), servant, manservant
On'yomi (音読み)
ボク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
しもべ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
僕
ぼく
I; me
公僕
こうぼく
public servant
校僕
こうぼく
student studying and working at the school
僕的
ぼくてき
my personal (e.g. opinion)
童僕
どうぼく
young male servant; page
僕女
ぼくおんな
woman who uses the usually male personal pronoun "boku" to refer to herself
奴僕
ぬぼく
manservant; footman
僕
やつがれ
I; me
老僕
ろうぼく
elderly servant
学僕
がくぼく
working student
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
僕ら
ぼくら
we; us
僕たち
ぼくたち
we
僕ちん
ぼくちん
I; me
僕んち
ぼくんち
my home
僕んとこ
ぼくんとこ
at my place
僕
しもべ
servant; manservant
Example sentences
彼(かれ)は数学(すうがく)が好(す)きだが、僕(ぼく)は嫌(きら)いだ。
He likes mathematics, but I don't.
彼(かれ)は親切(しんせつ)にも僕(ぼく)の勉強(べんきょう)を見(み)てくれた。
He was kind enough to help me with my studies.
他方(たほう)公僕(こうぼく)のやり方(かた)がまずい場合(ばあい)には、抗議(こうぎ)をする責任(せきにん)を感(かん)じる。
On the other hand, when public officials act wrongly, Americans feel a responsibility to protest.
何(なに)か僕(ぼく)らが話し合(はなしあ)うべきことがあるはずだ。
There should be something for us to talk about.