もやもや
Japanese
Etymology
Reduplication of 靄 (moya, “mist”).
Adverb
- hazily, foggily, mistily
- たばこの煙がもやもやと立ち込めていた。
- Tabako no kemu ga moyamoya to tachikomete ita.
- The room was hazy with (cigarette) smoke.
- たばこの煙がもやもやと立ち込めていた。
- gloomily, fuzzily
Usage notes
Takes the と (to) particle.
Derived terms
- もやもや病 (moyamoya byō)
Verb
もやもやする or モヤモヤする • (moyamoya suru) suru (stem もやもやし (moyamoyasuru shi), past もやもやした (moyamoyasuru shita))
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もやもやする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | もやもやし | moyamoya shi | ||
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | もやもやし | moyamoya shi | ||
Shūshikei ("terminal") | もやもやする | moyamoya suru | ||
Rentaikei ("attributive") | もやもやする | moyamoya suru | ||
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | もやもやすれ | moyamoya sure | ||
Meireikei ("imperative") | もやもやせよ¹ もやもやしろ² |
moyamoya seyo¹ moyamoya shiro² | ||
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | もやもやされる | moyamoya sareru | ||
Causative | もやもやさせる もやもやさす |
moyamoya saseru moyamoya sasu | ||
Potential | もやもやできる | moyamoya dekiru | ||
Volitional | もやもやしよう | moyamoya shiyō | ||
Negative | もやもやしない | moyamoya shinai | ||
Negative continuative | もやもやせず | moyamoya sezu | ||
Formal | もやもやします | moyamoya shimasu | ||
Perfective | もやもやした | moyamoya shita | ||
Conjunctive | もやもやして | moyamoya shite | ||
Hypothetical conditional | もやもやすれば | moyamoya sureba | ||
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
Descendants
- English: moyamoya