Chinese

Adjective

漠然

1. indifferent; apathetic; cold

Derived terms

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) ばくぜん [bàkúzéń] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Adjective

漠然 ‎(-tari inflection, hiragana ばくぜん, romaji bakuzen)

1. vague, indistinct
   • 1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者:

     たとえ吉田 (よしだ)は漠然 (ばくぜん)とそれを感 (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

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.