Meaning

Primary

To Be Utterly Amazed

Alternatives

To Be Stunned, To Be Amazed

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This is a combination of the word 呆れる meaning "to be amazed" and 返る meaning "to be returned." You're so amazed at something that it keeps returning to your mind. It means to be utterly amazed!

Reading

あきれかえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a combination of the words 呆れる and 返る. 呆れる becomes 呆れ and you just add 返る to it. So reading this should be pretty simple.

Context

Context Sentences

部屋があまりに汚かったので、呆れ返ってしまいました。

I was utterly amazed because the room was horribly dirty.

Kanji Composition