漠然

Chinese
desert; unconcerned
 
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
simp. and trad.
(漠然)		 漠 然

Pronunciation

Adjective

漠然

  1. indifferent; apathetic; cold

Derived terms
  • 漠然不動／漠然不动
  • 漠然不覺／漠然不觉
  • 漠然不顧／漠然不顾
  • 漠然置之

Japanese
Kanji in this term
漠 然
ばく
Grade: S		 ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjective

漠然 (-tari inflection, hiragana ばくぜん, rōmaji bakuzen)

  1. vague, indistinct
    • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
      たとえ吉田 (よしだ)は漠然 (ばくぜん)とそれを感 (かん)じることができても
      tatoe yoshida wa bakuzen to sore o kanjiru koto ga dekite mo
      even if Yoshida could sense it vaguely, [...]

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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