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    3. ぽかん

    ぽかん

    ぽかん

    vacantly

    KMT1CoreAdverb, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKana Vocab9 strokes

    ぽかんポカンぱかんパカン

    Adverb, Particle

    1.
    vacantly, blankly, absentmindedly
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2.
    openmouthed, with one's mouth wide-open, gaping, flabbergasted
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    3.
    with a whack, with a thump
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

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    彼かれはぽかんと口くちを開あけていた。

    He stood there with his mouth wide open.

    KMT1Emotions & Psychology
    驚おどろいて、彼かの女じょはぽかんとした。

    Surprised, she was dumbfounded.

    KMT1Emotions & Psychology
    先せん生せいの話はなしが難むずかしすぎて、生せい徒とたちはぽかんとしていた。

    The teacher's explanation was too difficult, and the students looked blank.

    KMT2Emotions & PsychologyEducation
    突とつ然ぜんのニュースに、みんなぽかんとして何なにも言いえなかった。

    At the sudden news, everyone was dumbfounded and couldn't say anything.

    KMT2Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれは考かんがえ事ごとをしながら、ぽかんと空そらを見みていた。

    He was staring blankly at the sky while thinking.

    KMT2Emotions & Psychology

    Kana that make up this word

    ぽ
    po
    か
    ka
    ん
    n
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