漂(ただよ)う

魚(さかな)たちが波(なみ)のままに漂(ただよ)っている。

The fish are drifting along with the waves. {to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances}

老後(ろうご)に外国(がいこく)を自由(じゆう)気(き)ままに漂(ただよ)うために貯金(ちょきん)をする。

I save money so I can freely drift around foreign countries in my old age. {to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances}

暇(ひま)なので芝生(しばふ)に寝転(ねころ)んで空(そら)を漂(ただよ)う雲(くも)を観察(かんさつ)しています。

Since I'm free, I'm lying on the grass observing the clouds drifting in the sky. {to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances}

夏(なつ)が終(お)わって秋(あき)が始(はじ)まるが早(はや)いか、金木犀(きんもくせい)の香(かお)りが漂(ただよ)い始(はじ)めた。

No sooner had summer ended and autumn begun than the scent of the fragrant olive began to waft in the air. {to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances}

リビングには険悪(けんあく)な空気(くうき)が漂(ただよ)っているとあって、自室(じしつ)から出(で)たくありません。

Given the tense atmosphere hanging in the living room, I don't want to leave my own room. {to drift, to float, to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air, to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood), to wander, to walk around aimlessly, to be unsteady, to be unstable, to falter, to flinch, to wince, to live in unreliable circumstances}