唖然

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唖 然
あ
Hyōgaiji
ぜん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spellings
啞然 (kyūjitai)
あ然

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) あぜん [àzéń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠zẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

唖(あ)然(ぜん) • (azen) †-tari (adnominal 唖(あ)然(ぜん)たる (azen taru), adverbial 唖(あ)然(ぜん)と (azen to) or 唖(あ)然(ぜん)として (azen to shite))

  1. dumbfounded, speechless

Inflection

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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