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N1 う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

(ただよ)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

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    1. う-verb (う), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to drift, to float

      2. 2.

        to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air

      3. 3.

        to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)

      4. 4.

        to wander, to walk around aimlessly

      5. 5.

        to be unsteady, to be unstable

        Archaic
      6. 6.

        to falter, to flinch, to wince

        Archaic
      7. 7.

        to live in unreliable circumstances

        Archaic

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    漂う 【ただよう】

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      (さかな)たちが(なみ)のままに(ただよ)っている。

      Fish are drifting along with the waves.

      • N1

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

      I’m saving up so I can wander freely through different countries when I retire.

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

      With nothing else to do, I’m lying on the grass, watching the clouds float by.

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      (なつ)()わって(あき)(はじ)まるが(はや)いか、金木犀(きんもくせい)(かお)りが(ただよ)(はじ)めた。

      As soon as summer ended and fall began, the scent of osmanthus filled the air.

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

      The tension hanging in the living room is so thick you could cut it with a knife. I’d rather stay in my room.

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