Illustration: At a Japanese apartment breakfast table, a sleepy adult gazes unfocused past the kitchen doorway while slowly pouring cold barley tea from a pitcher. Their cup is already full, and tea has begun spreading across the tray, but the pouring hand continues at the same angle.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

ぼーっと

bootto

absent-mindedly, in a daze

Often followed by する. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ごめん、ぼーっとしてた。

    Sorry, I zoned out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ゴードンは今週こんしゅうはずっとボーッとしていた。

    Gordon has had his head in the clouds all week.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 熱ねつがあるせいで、なんか頭あたまがぼーっとしている。

    I’m really out of it today. It must be because of my fever.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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