呆然
N1ぼうぜん bouzen
- dumbfounded
- overcome with surprise
- 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"
}
}