Word Meaning 漂う

ただよう tadayou

漂う is read as ただよう (tadayou) and means to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood).

意味

Meaning

English

1. to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
2. to live in unreliable circumstances
3. to be unsteady
4. to be unstable
5. to drift
6. to float
7. to waft (e.g. a scent)
8. to hang in the air

読

Reading

Listen to vocabulary 漂う

Kana

ただよう

Romaji

tadayou

書

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

情報

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Related Words 残り香 Rank 6218 Priority A

関連語

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

Listen to 漂着

漂着

ひょうちゃく

drifting ashore

Listen to 漂白剤

漂白剤

ひょうはくざい

bleaching agent

Listen to 漂白

漂白

ひょうはく

blanching

Listen to 漂流

漂流

ひょうりゅう

drifting

Listen to 漂泊

漂泊

ひょうはく

drifting (with the current, on the tide, etc.)

例文

Example Sentences

2

Listen to sentence: 多くの人が目的なく人生を漂う。

多くの人が目的なく人生を漂う。

Many people drift through life without a purpose.

Listen to sentence: 古代人は、みすぼらしい木造船を導くために哀愁漂う灯台を建てた。

古代人は、みすぼらしい木造船を導くために哀愁漂う灯台を建てた。

The ancient ones built the sorrowful lighthouses to guide their miserable wooden ships.