Word Meaning 勃然

ぼつぜん botsuzen

勃然 is read as ぼつぜん (botsuzen) and means flaring up (in anger).

Meaning

English

  1. flaring up (in anger)
  2. in a flare
  3. suddenly
  4. all at once

Reading

Kana

ぼつぜん

Romaji

botsuzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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勃発

ぼっぱつ

outbreak (e.g. of war)

勃起

ぼっき

welling up (of an emotion)

自然

しぜん

nature

当然

とうぜん

naturally

不自然

ふしぜん

unnatural

天然

てんねん

natural airhead

依然

いぜん

still

全然

ぜんぜん

(not) at all

公然

こうぜん

open

必然

ひつぜん

inevitability

突然

とつぜん

abrupt

断然

だんぜん

definitely (wrong, different, etc.)

Example Sentences

2

かざんがぼつぜんとしてけむりをあげた。

The volcano suddenly sent up smoke.

かれはぶじょくされてぼつぜんとおこった。

He suddenly got angry after being insulted.