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ぶつぶつ

N2
butsubutsu
  1. grumbling
  2. complaining in a small voice
nounadverbadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

嘟囔;疙瘩

Examples

  • 顔かおにぶつぶつができてる。最さい近きん、寝ね不ぶ足そくだからなぁ。
    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"
  }
}