漠然

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Chinese

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desert; unconcerned
so; thus; like this
so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right
 
trad. (漠然)
simp. #(漠然)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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漠然

  1. indifferent; apathetic; cold

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ばく
Grade: S
ぜん
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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(ばく)(ぜん) (bakuzen-tari (adnominal (ばく)(ぜん)とした (bakuzen to shita) or (ばく)(ぜん)たる (bakuzen taru), adverbial (ばく)(ぜん) (bakuzen to) or (ばく)(ぜん)として (bakuzen to shite))

  1. vague, indistinct
    • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:
      たとえ吉田(よしだ)漠然(ばくぜん)とそれを(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

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  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.