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迷う
迷う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 迷 |
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まよ Grade: 5 |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
迷う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まよう, romaji mayou, historical hiragana まよふ)
- be confused
- waver, hesitate, be unable to decide
- be lost, lose one's way
- be blinded (by emotion), be lost (to something), be carried away, be captivated
Related terms
- 迷い (mayoi)
- 迷わす (mayowasu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "迷う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 迷わ | まよわ | mayowa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 迷い | まよい | mayoi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 迷う | まよう | mayou |
| Attributive (連体形) | 迷う | まよう | mayou |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 迷え | まよえ | mayoe |
| Imperative (命令形) | 迷え | まよえ | mayoe |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 迷われる | まよわれる | mayowareru |
| Causative | 迷わせる 迷わす |
まよわせる まよわす |
mayowaseru mayowasu |
| Potential | 迷える | まよえる | mayoeru |
| Volitional | 迷おう | まよおう | mayoō |
| Negative | 迷わない | まよわない | mayowanai |
| Negative continuative | 迷わず | まよわず | mayowazu |
| Formal | 迷います | まよいます | mayoimasu |
| Perfective | 迷った | まよった | mayotta |
| Conjunctive | 迷って | まよって | mayotte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 迷えば | まよえば | mayoeba |
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.