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I first came across ぼんぼん in “Art of Fighting 2” (Original Title: 龍虎の拳2). More
specifically, in Ryou Sakazaki’s (リョウ・サカザキ) ending. In that ending, his friend
and rival Robert Garcia (ロバート・ガルシア) comes to congratulate Ryou for winning the
King of Fighters tournament. Then Robert reveals that he used the prize money
to pay off loans and debts, and he presents Ryou his share, which is 500 yen
(In case you’re wondering, 500 yen is 4.57 US dollars as of this writing).
Ryou, not surprisingly, is greatly offended by this, and gets into a fight
with Robert. During their punching and kicking, Robert says this:

> この金持ちのボンボンがー!

I think it translates to this: I’m this rich green young man from a well-to-do
family, annnnd-!

Robert speaks the Kansai dialect, and ぼんぼん is spelled in katakana, for reasons
that are not clear to me.

[ぼんぼん](https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E3%81%BC%E3%82%93%E3%81%BC%E3%82%93)
has the meaning of “green young man from a well-to-do family”, but that’s a
bit of mouthful, don’t you think?

Is there an equivalent term to ぼんぼん in English?

Edit:

Alright, it turns out that I got the translation wrong. Apparently, a more
accurate translation would be “You rich silver spooner-!” It's a good thing
there are people who can clear these things up!
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What is a good way to translate ぼんぼん into English?
"Silver spooner" would be pretty close, IMHO.

"Rich brat" would sound too negative to call the English counterpart for ぼんぼん.
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