Illustration: In a modest apartment kitchen on a quiet morning, a young adult pours drinking water from a pitcher into a glass on a tray. The glass is already full and water is spreading across the tray, but their hand continues its automatic tilt.

ぼんやり

bon'yari

absentmindedly, vacantly

Example sentences

ぼんやり運転うんてんしていたら、入はいっていく道みちを見逃みのがすよ。
If you drive carelessly, you will miss your turn.
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ジムは、いわゆるぼんやりした学生がくせいだ。
Jim is what is called an absent-minded student.
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彼かれはぼんやりした表情ひょうじょうをしていた。
He wore a blank look.
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