ううん

ううん

1 〔軽い否定〕 no; uh-uh; uh-unh.

●「朝ご飯はもう食べたの?」「ううんまだだよ」 “Had breakfast yet?”―“Uh-unh, not yet.”

2 〔言いよどむとき, 苦しいとき〕 er; hmm; ugh; oof.

●衝撃的なニュースに, 彼はううんと言ってそれきり口をつぐんでしまった. At the shocking news he let out a groan [moan] and said no more.

・警官に撃たれた男はううんと唸ってその場に倒れ込んだ. Shot by a policeman, the man groaned and fell to the ground on the spot.

・私は返答に困ってううんと考え込んでしまった. I was stuck for an answer, and mumbling something, tried to think hard.

3 〔感心したとき〕 oh; aha; uh-uh.

●そのリポートを読んで, 学生の冷静な状況分析に教授はううんとうなった. When he read [Upon reading] the essay, the professor murmured his approval of the student's objective analysis.