けろっと

adverb

nonchalantly, casually, as if nothing happened

1. nonchalantly, casually, as if nothing happened

Mimetic word describing someone who shows no emotional reaction, guilt, or lasting effect from something that should have affected them.

怒(おこ)られたのに、けろっとしている。

Even though they were scolded, they're acting like nothing happened.

失敗(しっぱい)しても、けろっと次(つぎ)に進(すす)む。

Even after failing, they nonchalantly move on.

風邪(かぜ)を引(ひ)いたけど、翌日(よくじつ)にはけろっと治(なお)っていた。

I had a cold, but the next day I was completely fine.

さっき泣(な)いていたのに、もうけろっとしてる。

They were crying just now, but they're already completely fine.

Type: Mimetic word (gitaigo) describing an emotional state, or recovery from one.

Nuance: Quick emotional recovery, an absence of the remorse or embarrassment the situation calls for, or surprising resilience. Depending on the speaker's sympathies it reads as admirable toughness or as shamelessness.

Common patterns

けろっとしている - to be visibly unaffected
けろっと + verb - to do something without a flicker of concern
けろっと治(なお)る - to recover completely (of illness)

Similar words

しれっと - coolly, playing innocent (usually critical)
平気(へいき)で - without concern
何食(なにく)わぬ顔(かお)で - with an innocent face
あっけらかん - carefree, untroubled
けろっと: shows no after-effect at all
しゅんと: dejected, downcast - the opposite reaction

Related Words

Related: しれっと (nonchalantly (more critical))

Compare: しゅんと (dejected (opposite reaction))

Compare: けろりと (nonchalantly)

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Added 2026.1.18 19:29 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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