Illustration: A person has just stepped into the genkan of their Japanese apartment and stopped completely. Beyond them, a dog sits proudly amid the stuffing of a demolished floor cushion, surrounded by a roomful of soft white tufts.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

呆然ぼうぜん

bouzen

dumbfounded, in a daze

茫然 is another written form. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

そのニュースを聞きいて彼かれはぼうぜんとした。
The news paralyzed him.
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幽霊ゆうれいでも見みたかのように、彼女かのじょは茫然ぼうぜんと立たっていた。
She stood transfixed as if she had seen a ghost.
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彼女かのじょは彼かれらの口論こうろんを茫然ぼうぜんと見みつめていた。
She was gaping at their quarrel.
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Kanji in 呆然

呆be amazed; disgustedOnホウKunほける・ぼける・あきれる
然sort of thing; soOnゼン・ネンKunしか・しかり・しかし

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