Bootto
Also read: ボーっと、ボーッと、ぼうっと、ぼおっと、ボウッと、ボウっと、ボオッと
ぼーっと (Bootto) is a Japanese adverb meaning “in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly”.
Meanings
- adverb, suru verbin a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; abstractedly; blankly; idly
- adverb, suru verbdimly; hazily; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly
- adverbwith a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; flaring up
Examples
ちょっとぼーっとしていました。
I lost myself for a moment.
お前、何だかボーっとしてるよ。
You're out of it.
彼女は薬のためぼうっとしていた。
She looked dazed with the drug.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).