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Illustration of 呆然

呆然ぼうぜん

ぼうぜん bouzen Play N1

思いがけない出来事や強い悲しみに圧倒され、ぼんやりして何もできないさま。 dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement

Example 1

子供は幽霊を見ているかのように私をぼう然と見つめた。

The child gaped at me as though he were seeing a ghost.

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Example 2

彼は悲嘆に暮れてぼう然としていた。

He was blind with sorrow.

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Kanji breakdown

然

N3

sort of thing; so; if so; in that case; well

On reading
ゼン、ネン
Kun reading
しか、しか.り、しか.し、さ
Radical
火
Illustration of 依然
N1

いぜん

still; as yet

Illustration of 公然
N1

こうぜん

open (e.g. secret); public; official

Illustration of 必然
N1

ひつぜん

inevitable; necessary

Illustration of 整然
N1

せいぜん

orderly; regular; well-organized; trim; accurate

Illustration of 断然
N1

だんぜん

firmly; absolutely; definitely