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Zach

あの子はぼーっとしているようだ。

Sentence Analyzer

あの ぼーっと している よう

English Translation

The kid looks blank.

Furigana

あの()はぼーっとしているようだ。

Romanji

Ano ko wa bo-tto shiteiru yō da.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
()
child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ぼーっと (ぼーっと、ぼうっと、ぼおっと)
doing nothing; being stupefied; flushingly; abstractedly; dazedly; blankly; dreamily; dimly; hazily; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly; with a roar (e.g. flames); with a whoosh
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac