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Emotion & Feeling

あっけらかん

akkerakan

Nonchalant / unfazed

Acting completely unbothered by something that would normally be shocking or embarrassing. Carefree to the point of surprising others.

💡Laughing off a big mistake — 'She admitted it akkerakan as if it was nothing.'

Example

大失敗したのに、あっけらかんとしている。

Despite the big failure, she's totally akkerakan about it.

Quiz yourself

After crashing the car, he was ___ as if nothing had happened.

車をぶつけたのに○○としている。

nonchalantunfazedcarefreeunbotheredbold
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