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02-19-2011, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by RickOShay View Post
Never heard a girl utter "boku" but the Japanese word for tomboy is お転婆 (おてんば) or the adjective form is お転婆な otenba/otenbana.
It is reported that "boku" is used often by young women nowadays. Natives have said as much on here, too. The Internet is rife with the same observation, and I heard it some, too, when I lived there. Although the type of girls I hung around with at university tended to be slightly girly.
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