迷う

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
まよ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "迷う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
迷う [màyóꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 迷え [màyóꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 迷われる よわれ [màyówáréꜜrù]
Causative 迷わせる よわせ [màyówáséꜜrù]
Potential 迷える よえ [màyóéꜜrù]
Volitional 迷おう よお [màyóóꜜò]
Negative 迷わない よわない [màyówáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 迷わなかった よわなかった [màyówáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 迷います よいま [màyóímáꜜsù]
Perfective 迷った った [màyóꜜttà]
Conjunctive 迷って って [màyóꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 迷えば えば [màyóꜜèbà]

Verb[edit]

(まよ) (mayouまよふ (mayofu)?intransitive godan (stem (まよ) (mayoi), past (まよ)った (mayotta))

Japanese verb pair
active (まよ)わす ((まよ)わす)
mediopassive (まよ) ((まよ))
  1. be confused
  2. waver, hesitate, be unable to decide
    選択(せんたく)(まよ)
    sentaku ni mayou
    to be unsure which choice to choose
  3. be lost, lose one's way
    (みち)(まよ)
    michi ni mayou
    to lose one's way
  4. be blinded (by emotion), be lost (to something), be carried away, be captivated

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References[edit]

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.