呆 – Kanji details

Keyword

dumbfounded

Info

Frequency	Top 700-800
Kanken	Level Pre-1
Heisig	2297
Readings	あき (48%) ぼう (27%) あっ (9%) ほう (6%) ほ (3%) ぼ (3%)
	ほんうつ

Composed of

口

mouth

木

tree

Mnemonic

Someone has climbed on the top of a tree, opened his mouth and looks absolutely dumbfounded. It's me who's dumbfounded though – what the hell is he doing over there?!

Used in kanji (1 in total)

保

preserve

Used in vocabulary (64 in total)

呆あきれる

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

呆ぼう然ぜん

dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

呆あっ気けにとられる

to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded

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Examples (7 in total)

呆あきれてしまうわ。

I'm exasperated.

少しょう々しょう呆あきれつつも、これだけは伝つたえねば。

Though somewhat exasperated, I must convey at least this.

しばらく女じょ性せい職しょく員いんは呆ぼう然ぜんとしていた。

For a while, the female staff members were dumbfounded.

彼かれは眉まゆをひそめて呆あきれたような顔かおをしている。

He has a face that looks exasperated, with furrowed brows.

大たい抵ていの者ものは私わたしの顔かおを初はじめて見みると、呆ぼう然ぜんとする。

Most people are dumbfounded when they see my face for the first time.

最さい初しょは、言いわれたことが正せい常じょうに認にん識しきできず、呆ぼう然ぜんとした顔かおに。

At first, unable to properly take in what had been said, they just looked dumbfounded.

彼かれの辞じ任にんを知しって、彼かれらは呆ぼう然ぜんとした。

They were stunned after finding out about his resignation.