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    3. 漂う

    漂う

    漂ただよう​

    to drift

    N1KMT8News #18+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ただよう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to drift, to float
    2.
    to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air
    3.
    to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
    4.
    to wander, to walk around aimlessly
    5.
    to be unsteady, to be unstable
    archaic
    6.
    to falter, to flinch, to wince
    archaic
    7.
    to live in unreliable circumstances
    archaic

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    煙けむりが空そらに漂ただよっていた。

    Smoke was drifting in the sky.

    KMT6Nature & Environment
    どこからか甘あまい香かおりが漂ただよってきた。

    A sweet scent wafted from somewhere.

    KMT8Daily Life
    海かい面めんには流りゅう木ぼくが静しずかに漂ただよっている。

    Driftwood is quietly floating on the surface of the sea.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    会かい議ぎ室しつには重おも苦くるしい雰ふん囲い気きが漂ただよっていた。

    A heavy atmosphere hung in the meeting room.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    その古ふるい町まちには、どこか懐なつかしい情じょう緒ちょが漂ただよっている。

    A somewhat nostalgic atmosphere drifts through that old town.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    漂
    ただよ.う…(1)
    drift・float (on liquid)
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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