ぽかん

Also written ポカン, ぱかん, パカン

Meanings

1. Adverb vacantly; blankly; absentmindedly
2. openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; gaping; flabbergasted
3. with a whack; with a thump

Example sentences

• 彼はぽかんとした顔つきでそこに立っていた。
  He was standing there with a vacant look.

Word lists

• Onomatopoeia

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