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    3. 迷う

    迷う

    迷まよう​

    to lose one's way

    KMT9News #25+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    紕う

    まよう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to lose one's way, to get lost, to go astray
    2.
    to waver, to hesitate, to vacillate, to be of two minds (about), to be unable to make up one's mind, to not know what to do, to be at a loss, to be puzzled, to be perplexed
    3.
    to be captivated (by), to be infatuated (with), to be charmed (by), to be carried away (by), to be blinded (by), to be lost (in), to lose oneself (to)
    4.
    to linger (of a departed soul), to be restless in one's grave, to be unable to rest in peace

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    道みちに迷まよいました。

    I got lost.

    KMT3Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    初はじめての場ば所しょだったので、地ち図ずを見みても目もく的てき地ちまで迷まよってしまった。

    Since it was my first time there, even with a map, I got lost on the way to my destination.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    どちらの選せん択たく肢しを選えらぶべきか迷まよっています。

    I'm hesitating about which option I should choose.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょの美うつくしい歌か声ごえに、聴ちょう衆しゅうは皆みな、心こころを奪うばわれ迷まよい込こんだ。

    Captivated by her beautiful singing voice, all the audience members were lost in it.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyMusic & Entertainment
    人じん生せいの岐き路ろに立たたされ、彼かれは自す分すの進 むべき道みちに深ふかく迷まよった。

    Faced with a crossroads in life, he was deeply lost about the path he should take.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    迷
    まよ.う…(1)
    astray・be perplexed・in doubt・lost・err…(1)
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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