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Meaning of 漂う in Japanese
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漂うJLPT 1
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Kana Readingただよう
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Romajitadayō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to drift; to float
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to wander; to walk around aimlessly
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be unsteady; to be unstable
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to falter; to flinch; to wince
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to live in unreliable circumstances
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Examples of 漂う, ただよう in a sentence
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先の時間に居眠りした分も合わせて、今度の試験はどうも一筋縄ではいかない感じが漂っている。
Taking into account the time I'd just spent napping, I'm really picking up the sense that this time's exam really won't be straight forward.
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The ice may drift considerable distances each day.
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A ring of smoke floated from his cigar into the air.
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The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.
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The air was scented with spring flowers.
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私は彼の葉巻から煙の輪空中に漂っていくのをじっと見つめていた。
I watched a ring of smoke that floated from his cigar into the air.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 漂う
- Plain Polite
- 漂います
- Negative
- 漂わない
- Negative Polite
- 漂いません
Past
- Plain
- 漂った
- Plain Polite
- 漂いました
- Negative
- 漂わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 漂いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 漂って
- Plain Polite
- 漂いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 漂われる
- Plain Polite
- 漂われます
- Negative
- 漂われない
- Negative Polite
- 漂われません