呆然 (ぼうぜん): dumbfounded, overcome with surprise — Japanese vocabulary
呆然 is read ぼうぜん and means "dumbfounded, overcome with surprise". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
呆然
- Reading
- ぼうぜん · bouzen
- Translation
- dumbfounded, overcome with surprise
- Level
- JLPT N1
- Pitch accent
- ぼうぜんが
Example
彼は悲嘆に暮れてぼう然としていた。
かれはひたんにくれてぼうぜんとしていた。
He was blind with sorrow.
Kanji in this word
- 然 — natural
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