ぼんやり

• 読み: ぼんやり
• ローマ字: bonyari
• 発音: /boɲ.ja.ɾi/

意味

Vaguely; absent-mindedly; dimly. A state of being unfocused, hazy, or lost in thought.

Functions as an adverb (ぼんやり見る — gaze absent-mindedly), a suru verb (ぼんやりする — to space out/daydream), and a to-adverb (ぼんやりと). Describes both mental states (being spaced out) and visual states (something appearing dim or unclear). Often used affectionately or neutrally rather than critically.

例文

1. 疲れてぼんやりテレビを見ていた。
2. 朝からぼんやりして仕事に集中できない。
3. 霧の中で山がぼんやり見えた。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, descriptions, mental states

トーン: gentle

起源と歴史

Mimetic (onomatopoeic) word. The ぼん sound suggests something vague or indistinct, similar to ぼんぼり (a dim lantern). Common in Japanese's rich system of sound-symbolic words.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal