ぼんやり

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Japanese

Pronunciation

Adverb

ぼんやり • (bon'yari) 

  1. absent-mindedly (absent in mind), vacantly
  2. dimly, faintly

Noun

ぼんやり • (bon'yari) 

  1. absent-mindedness

Verb

ぼんやりする • (bon'yari suru) suru (stem ぼんやりし (bon'yari shi), past ぼんやりした (bon'yari shita))

  1. be absent-minded, have blank or vacant eyes

Conjugation

Conjugation of "ぼんやりする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") ぼんやりし ぼんやりし bon'yari shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") ぼんやりし ぼんやりし bon'yari shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") ぼんやりする ぼんやりする bon'yari suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") ぼんやりする ぼんやりする bon'yari suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") ぼんやりすれ ぼんやりすれ bon'yari sure
Meireikei ("imperative") ぼんやりせよ¹
ぼんやりしろ² 		ぼんやりせよ¹
ぼんやりしろ² 		bon'yari seyo¹
bon'yari shiro²
Key constructions
Passive ぼんやりされる ぼんやりされる bon'yari sareru
Causative ぼんやりさせる
ぼんやりさす 		ぼんやりさせる
ぼんやりさす 		bon'yari saseru
bon'yari sasu
Potential ぼんやりできる ぼんやりできる bon'yari dekiru
Volitional ぼんやりしよう ぼんやりしよう bon'yari shiyō
Negative ぼんやりしない ぼんやりしない bon'yari shinai
Negative continuative ぼんやりせず ぼんやりせず bon'yari sezu
Formal ぼんやりします ぼんやりします bon'yari shimasu
Perfective ぼんやりした ぼんやりした bon'yari shita
Conjunctive ぼんやりして ぼんやりして bon'yari shite
Hypothetical conditional ぼんやりすれば ぼんやりすれば bon'yari sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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