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There are 11 total results for your 迷う search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

迷う

see styles
 mayou / mayo
    まよう
(v5u,vi) (1) to lose one's way; (2) to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; (3) to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself; (4) to turn in one's grave

さ迷う

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 samayou / samayo
    さまよう
(v5u,vi) (kana only) to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

血迷う

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 chimayou / chimayo
    ちまよう
(v5u,vi) to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

思い迷う

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 omoimayou / omoimayo
    おもいまよう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) to be unable to make up one's mind; to be undecided

立ち迷う

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 tachimayou / tachimayo
    たちまよう
(v5u,vi) to drift along

踏み迷う

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 fumimayou / fumimayo
    ふみまよう
(v5u,vi) to lose one's way; to go astray

道に迷う

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 michinimayou / michinimayo
    みちにまよう
(exp,v5u) to lose one's way; to get lost

路頭に迷う

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 rotounimayou / rotonimayo
    ろとうにまよう
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

Variations:
迷う(P)
紕う

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 mayou / mayo
    まよう
(v5u,vi) (1) (See 道に迷う) to lose one's way; to get lost; (v5u,vi) (2) (See 迷い・1) to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed; (v5u,vi) (3) to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself; (v5u,vi) (4) to be charmed; to be infatuated; to be captivated; to be smitten; (v5u,vi) (5) to turn in one's grave

Variations:
彷徨う(P)
さ迷う

see styles
 samayou / samayo
    さまよう
(v5u,vi) (kana only) to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

Variations:
道に迷う
道にまよう

see styles
 michinimayou / michinimayo
    みちにまよう
(exp,v5u) to lose one's way; to get lost
This page contains 11 results for "迷う" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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