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A13 Adverb, Suru verb

ぼっとwith a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly

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    1. Adverb

      1.

      with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,

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    2. Adverb, Suru verb

      2.

      suddenly blushing

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    3. Adverb, Suru verb

      3.

      in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,

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    4. Adverb, Suru verb

      4.

      dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word,

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    ぼっと

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      (たきぎ)にボッと()がつきました。

      The fire flared up suddenly in the firewood. {with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly}

      ボッとした(かお)彼女(かのじょ)(たよ)りないです。

      She, with her absent-minded face, is unreliable. {with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly}

      ライターの()がボッと(おと)()ててつきました。

      The lighter's flame flared up with a whoosh. {with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly}

      新聞紙(しんぶんし)がボッと()える様子(ようす)(かれ)はボーッと()ています。

      He is vacantly watching the newspaper burn up in a blaze. {with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly}

      突然(とつぜん)台所(だいどころ)からボッと()()()がった(とき)は、心臓(しんぞう)がバクバクしました。

      When the flames suddenly flared up from the kitchen, my heart pounded with fear. {with a roar (of flames), with a whoosh, flaring up, suddenly blushing, in a daze, absent-mindedly, vacantly, abstractedly, blankly, idly, dimly, hazily, faintly, vaguely, indistinctly}

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