ぼんやり

bon'yari

absent-minded
block-head
dim
faint
vague

adverbadverb (〜と)する verb

Chinese meanings

模糊；心不在焉

Examples

Furigana

遠とおくにぼんやりした明あかりが見みえた。
We saw a dim light in the distance.
远处看见模糊的灯光。
Tatoeba #188692
ジムは、いわゆるぼんやりした学がく生せいだ。
Jim is what is called an absent-minded student.
吉姆是个所谓心不在焉的学生。
Tatoeba #216035

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('20410e72ff'); // ぼんやり

{
  "id": "20410e72ff",
  "word": "ぼんやり",
  "reading": "ぼんやり",
  "romaji": "bon'yari",
  "meanings": [
    "absent-minded",
    "block-head",
    "dim",
    "faint",
    "vague"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to",
    "vs"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1011920,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "遠くにぼんやりした明かりが見えた。",
      "furigana": "{遠|とお}くにぼんやりした{明|あ}かりが{見|み}えた。",
      "en": "We saw a dim light in the distance.",
      "tatoeba_id": 188692
    },
    {
      "ja": "ジムは、いわゆるぼんやりした学生だ。",
      "furigana": "ジムは、いわゆるぼんやりした{学生|がくせい}だ。",
      "en": "Jim is what is called an absent-minded student.",
      "tatoeba_id": 216035
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "64989deeb05ef920221627f5d5c871d6667116411f3182f9be37773b35854bd8",
    "meanings": [
      "模糊",
      "心不在焉"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "遠くにぼんやりした明かりが見えた。",
        "zh": "远处看见模糊的灯光。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ジムは、いわゆるぼんやりした学生だ。",
        "zh": "吉姆是个所谓心不在焉的学生。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/20410e72ff",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1011920; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "433f164ea974ec3e5f1e4c6f6a86132cf0f04436096b8abcfd60bc0a561344a1"
  }
}