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Anime Shirokuma Cafe: minute 8:57. Audio here.

1. Continuously spilling or dropping granular objects
2. State of (object) being fragile and easily crumbles or crumbles
3. Clothes being torn badly
4. Objects being badly damaged
5. Facts were not known until then are coming to the surface more and more
6. Hurt a lot
7. Body and mind being exhausted

• Type: Giyougo (擬容語)
• Category: State.
• Onomatopoeia: crumble; torn; rumpled; scuffed; slightly damaged; tattered; worn-out.
• Equivalent: -
• Source:
  • https://goiryoku.com/onomatopoeia/boroboro/
  • https://nihongokyoshi-net.com/2021/03/15/onomatopoeia-boroboro/

Examples

私の家は見た目はボロボロですが、中はとても綺麗ですよ
My house looks like a wreck, but it's very clean inside.

このチャーハン、もうぼろぼろで食べれないよ！
I can't eat this fried rice anymore, it's so ragged!

ちょっと調べると彼の悪事がぼろぼろと出てきた
A little investigation brought out his evil deeds.

ぼろぼろとこぼしながら豪快にご飯を食べる子ども
A child who eats vigorously while spilling out rags.

古書店で見つけたぼろぼろの本
A tattered book found in a used bookstore.

毎日、残業ばかりで、もう身体がボロボロだ
I've been working overtime every day, and my body is already falling apart.

もうダメだ、身も心もぼろぼろだ…
I can't do it anymore, my body and soul are falling apart…