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呆然ぼうぜん

N1
ぼうぜん bouzen
  1. dumbfounded
  2. overcome with surprise
  3. in blank amazement
たる-adjectiveadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

茫然

Examples

  • 彼は悲嘆に暮れてぼう然としていた。
    He was blind with sorrow.
    他沉浸在悲伤中,茫然不知所措。
  • 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.
    孩子茫然地盯着我,仿佛看见了幽灵。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b55c78d275'); // 呆然
{
  "id": "b55c78d275",
  "word": "呆然",
  "reading": "ぼうぜん",
  "romaji": "bouzen",
  "meanings": [
    "dumbfounded",
    "overcome with surprise",
    "in blank amazement"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-t",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1515610,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は悲嘆に暮れてぼう然としていた。",
      "en": "He was blind with sorrow.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100770
    },
    {
      "ja": "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。",
      "en": "The child gaped at me as though he were seeing a ghost.",
      "tatoeba_id": 168497
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "df91ba9fedca5b05c90d86e6221e89135a6edbab07c37a93faee751e643a430e",
    "meanings": [
      "茫然"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は悲嘆に暮れてぼう然としていた。",
        "zh": "他沉浸在悲伤中,茫然不知所措。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "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。",
        "zh": "孩子茫然地盯着我,仿佛看见了幽灵。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b55c78d275",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1515610; 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": "9d0f3a52d41e5f7766fc8fdc9f122c809c242974ca7eddcd04e631b2492e3289"
  }
}