Hi I want to know if the correct written characters for boketto (To daydream)
is spelled ぼけっと or ボケっと
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Hi I want to know if the correct written characters for boketto (To daydream) is spelled ぼけっと or ボケっと
ボケっと seems to be used primarily for describing someone spacing out and being
unproductive, as shown here in these example sentences.

<https://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/entry/101580/boketto-boketto>

> たまにまる一日 **ぼけっと** していても別に悪い事じゃない。 It's no crime to just idle the whole day
> once in a while.
>
> **ボケッと** しないで、さっさとメモ書きなさいよっ。 Don't just stand there like a lump, start
> taking notes!
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I think both spellings are acceptable. You can google search them and see how
many hits you get. I got the following:

>   * ぼけっと About 525,000,000 results (0.62 seconds)
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>   * ボケっと About 584,000,000 results (0.67 seconds)
>
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