ぼろぼろboroboro

1. no-adjective, na-adjectiveworn-out; ragged; tattered; battered; scruffy
   祖母そぼは服ふくをボロボロになるまで着きる。↗

   My grandmother wears a dress to rags.
2. adverb (with と), na-adjective, suru verbcrumbling; dry and crumbly
   その鉄てつの棒ぼうはさびてぼろぼろになった。↗

   Rust ate away the iron bar.
3. adverb (with と)falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
4. na-adjective(physically or mentally) worn-out; exhausted
5. adverb (with と)(coming to light) one after another

• RelatedくたくたCasualColloquial. Covers being exhausted, clothes worn limp with age, or food boiled to a pulp; 「ボロボロ」 leans toward ragged, tattered things or bits crumbling off.
• RelatedヘトヘトCasualColloquial, and only about being dead tired; 「ボロボロ」 also describes worn-out objects and someone battered in body or spirit.
• AntonymピカピカCasualColloquial. Describes things shining or brand new — the direct opposite of ragged 「ボロボロ」.
• AntonymきれいNeutralNeutral register. Means pretty or clean, standing opposite to 「ボロボロ」 for things worn out and shabby.

Use 「ボロボロ」 for things ragged and worn, someone battered in body or mind, or bits crumbling and falling off, as in 「ボロボロの服」. For exhaustion pick 「くたくた」 or 「ヘトヘト」; the opposites are 「ピカピカ」 and 「綺麗」.

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1. 物ものがかなり使用しようして破やぶれたりして傷いたんでいるさま。
2. 粒つぶ状じょうのものがこぼれ落おちるさま。