"漠然" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [ba̠kɯ̟zẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 漠然 [canonical] (ruby: (ばく), (ぜん)), bakuzen [romanization], 漠然とした [adnominal] (ruby: (ばく), (ぜん)), 漠然たる [adnominal] (ruby: (ばく), (ぜん)), 漠然と [adverbial] (ruby: (ばく), (ぜん)), 漠然として [adverbial] (ruby: (ばく), (ぜん))
Head templates: {{ja-adj|ばくぜん|infl=tari}} 漠(ばく)然(ぜん) • (bakuzen) ^†-tari (adnominal 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)とした (bakuzen to shita) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)たる (bakuzen taru), adverbial 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)と (bakuzen to) or 漠(ばく)然(ぜん)として (bakuzen to shite))
  1. vague, indistinct
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    {
      "form": "bakuzen",
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    },
    {
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      "roman": "bakuzen to shita",
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    },
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      "form": "漠然たる",
      "roman": "bakuzen taru",
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        ],
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          "ぜん"
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          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
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          "然",
          "ぜん"
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "漠然として",
      "roman": "bakuzen to shite",
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        [
          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
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      ]
    }
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        {
          "english": "even if Yoshida could sense it vaguely, …",
          "ref": "1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者",
          "roman": "tatoe yoshida wa bakuzen to sore o kanjiru koto ga dekite mo",
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              "吉田",
              "よしだ"
            ],
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              "漠然",
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              "かん"
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          "text": "たとえ吉田は漠然とそれを感じることができても"
        }
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        "vague, indistinct"
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      "other": "ばくぜん"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ba̠kɯ̟zẽ̞ɴ]"
    }
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        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bakuzen",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "漠然とした",
      "roman": "bakuzen to shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
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        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "漠然たる",
      "roman": "bakuzen taru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
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        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "漠然と",
      "roman": "bakuzen to",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
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        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "漠然として",
      "roman": "bakuzen to shite",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "漠",
          "ばく"
        ],
        [
          "然",
          "ぜん"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
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        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          "english": "even if Yoshida could sense it vaguely, …",
          "ref": "1932, Motojirō Kajii, のんきな患者",
          "roman": "tatoe yoshida wa bakuzen to sore o kanjiru koto ga dekite mo",
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              "吉田",
              "よしだ"
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              "漠然",
              "ばくぜん"
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              "感",
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        }
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      "other": "ばくぜん"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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