ぶつぶつ
N2 butsubutsu
- grumbling
- complaining in a small voice
nounadverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
嘟囔;疙瘩
Examples
- 顔にぶつぶつができてる。最近、寝不足だからなぁ。I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.脸上长了疙瘩,最近睡眠不足啊。
- 祖父はいつも何やかやぶつぶつ不平を言っていた。My grandfather was always grumbling about something or other.祖父总是嘟嘟囔囔地抱怨各种事情。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('826de86dee'); // ぶつぶつ
{
"id": "826de86dee",
"word": "ぶつぶつ",
"reading": "ぶつぶつ",
"romaji": "butsubutsu",
"meanings": [
"grumbling",
"complaining in a small voice"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n",
"adv",
"adv-to"
],
"jmdict_id": 1011200,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "顔にぶつぶつができてる。最近、寝不足だからなぁ。",
"furigana": "{顔|かお}にぶつぶつができてる。{最近|さいきん}、{寝不足|ねぶそく}だからなぁ。",
"en": "I'm getting little pimples on my face. I wonder if I've been getting enough sleep lately.",
"tatoeba_id": 183640
},
{
"ja": "祖父はいつも何やかやぶつぶつ不平を言っていた。",
"en": "My grandfather was always grumbling about something or other.",
"tatoeba_id": 140711
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "7d09d6498d5bbd7dfc0cb3931a8513bd35a5bcba96e1b4bafab608308e995460",
"meanings": [
"嘟囔",
"疙瘩"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "顔にぶつぶつができてる。最近、寝不足だからなぁ。",
"zh": "脸上长了疙瘩,最近睡眠不足啊。"
},
{
"ja": "祖父はいつも何やかやぶつぶつ不平を言っていた。",
"zh": "祖父总是嘟嘟囔囔地抱怨各种事情。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/826de86dee",
"JMdict ent_seq 1011200; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "81348f7413d508bb30c9363b2197f527c0b610221276f5e7b3cffa4a8c3e778c"
}
}