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呆れる (あきれる): to be shocked, to be appalled — Japanese vocabulary

呆れる is read あきれる and means "to be shocked, to be appalled". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

呆れる

Reading
あきれる · akireru
Translation
to be shocked, to be appalled
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
あきれるが

Example

彼は呆れて黙っていた。

かれはあきれてだまっていた。

He was shocked into silence.

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