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    3. 面食らう

    面食らう

    面めん食くら​う​

    to be confused

    KMT10News #43+1Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    面喰らう面くらう面喰う面食う

    めんくらう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be confused, to be bewildered, to be taken aback

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    突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに面めん食くらってしまった。

    I was taken aback by the sudden question.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの意い外がいな行こう動どうに、皆みんなが面めん食くらった。

    Everyone was bewildered by his unexpected behavior.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    プレゼンテーション中ちゅうに予よ期きせぬ技ぎ術じゅつ的てきな問もん題だいが発はっ生せいし、発はっ表ぴょう者しゃは面めん食くらった様よう子すだった。

    An unexpected technical problem occurred during the presentation, and the presenter looked taken aback.

    KMT10Work & CareerTechnologyEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの突とつ然ぜんの告こく白はくに、彼かれはどう反はんの応うしていいか分わからず面めん食くらっていた。

    Faced with her sudden confession, he was bewildered, not knowing how to react.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    海かい外がい旅りょ行こうで言こと葉ばが通つうじず、文ぶん化かの違ちがいに面めん食くらうことも多おおい。

    When traveling abroad, it's common to be bewildered by language barriers and cultural differences.

    KMT10Travel & TransportationCulture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    面
    おも・おもて・つら…(6)
    mask・face・features・surface
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    う
    u
    Kana
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