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    3. ぼーっと

    ぼーっと

    ぼーっと

    in a daze

    KMT9Ref L1Emotions & PsychologyKana Vocab10 strokes

    ぼーっとボーっとボーッとぼうっとぼおっとボウッとボウっとボオッと

    Adverb, Verb, Noun, Participle

    1.
    in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2.
    dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Adverb

    3.
    with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Stroke 0 / 10

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは窓まどの外そとをぼーっと見みていた。

    He was idly staring out the window.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    疲つかれていて、一いち日にち中じゅうぼーっとしてしまった。

    I was tired and spent the whole day in a daze.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    遠とおくの灯あかりがぼーっと見みえて、方ほう向こうが分わからなかった。

    The distant lights were dimly visible, and I couldn't tell the direction.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    試し験けんが終おわって、頭あたまがぼーっとして何なにも考かんがえられない。

    After the exam, my head is in a daze and I can't think of anything.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    ぼーっと過すごす時じ間かんも、時ときには大たい切せつだ。

    Sometimes, spending time idly is also important.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kana that make up this word

    ぼ
    bo
    ー
    long vowel
    っ
    small tsu
    と
    to
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