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Japanese symbol for “pimples”

Romaji: butsubutsu
grunt; grumble; complaint; mutter

In Japanese, pimples is (butsubutsu).

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Meanings

  1. adv, adv-to, n grunt; grumble; complaint; mutter
  2. adv, adv-to, n pimples; spots; eruption; rash
  3. adv, adv-to, n cutting into small pieces
  4. adv, adv-to, n simmering

Written forms: . Readings: .

Other Japanese words for “pimples”

WordReadingMeaning
ぼつぼつ botsubotsuspots; dots; pimples

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.