呆然
ぼうぜん
Also written もうぜん, 茫然, 惘然
Meanings
- たる-adjective, Adverb dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
Kanji
Example sentences
- そのニュースを聞いて彼はぼうぜんとした。
When he heard the news, he was dumbfounded. - 彼の辞任を知って、彼らは呆然とした。
They were dumbfounded by the news of his resignation. - 周りの人は呆然としていた。
The people around were stunned.
Words containing 呆然
- 一読呆然 (いちどくぼうぜん) a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded