What does ぼんやり mean?
ぼんやり is a Japanese adverb meaning “dim, faint, vague” in English. It can also be translated as “absentmindedly, idly, absence of mind” depending on context. It is written as ぼんやり in hiragana, and bon'yari in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.
Example sentence
私は普通日曜は１日ぼんやりやり過ごします。
I usually spend the whole day idly on Sunday.
Conjugation of ぼんやり
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Plain | ぼんやりする | ぼんやりしない |
| Plain past | ぼんやりした | ぼんやりしなかった |
| Polite | ぼんやりします | ぼんやりしません |
| Polite past | ぼんやりしました | ぼんやりしませんでした |
Other forms
Te-formぼんやりして
Potentialぼんやりできる
Passiveぼんやりされる
Volitionalぼんやりしよう
Causativeぼんやりさせる
Conditionalぼんやりすれば