Meaning of ぶっきら棒(ぶっきらぼう) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level ぶっきら棒

Kana Reading ぶっきらぼう

Romaji bukkirabō

Parts of speech

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

curt; blunt; brusque

Examples of ぶっきら棒, ぶっきらぼう in a sentence

彼女はぶっきらぼうな返事をした。

She made an abrupt answer.
私はそれに引き付けられて、それを採用し、ぶっきらぼうな反対や真正面からの議論を止め、謙遜な探究者、懐疑主義者を装った。

I was charmed with it, adopted it, dropped my abrupt contradiction and positive argumentation, and put on the humble inquirer and doubter.
ビルのぶっきらぼうな態度は誤解を生む原因になっている。

Bill's abrupt manner causes him to be misunderstood.

Related Kanji

棒 JLPT 2

12 strokes

rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line

On'Yomi: ボウ

Kun'Yomi:

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