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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

漠ばく然ぜん

bakuzen

vaguely

Usually used as 漠然と or 漠然とした. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. しかし、漠然ばくぜんながら自分じぶんの出生しゅっしょうに疑念ぎねんを感かんじていた薫かおるは、人生じんせいを味気あじけなく思おもい、悶々もんもんと出家しゅっけの志こころざしを抱かかえ過すごしていた。

    Kaoru had vague doubts about his birth and found life unfulfilling, spending his days brooding over the idea of becoming a monk.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 将来しょうらいは海外かいがいに住すみたいと漠然ばくぜんと思おもっている。

    I have a vague idea that I’d like to live abroad someday.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 説明せつめいが漠然ばくぜんとしていて、何なにをするのか分わからない。

    The explanation is vague, so I don’t know what we’re supposed to do.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 漠然

  • 漠vague; obscureOnバク
  • 然sort of thing; soOnゼン・ネンKunしか・しかり・しかし

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