迷う（まよう）
JLPT N4 · Godan verb (Group 1)
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: to hesitate / be lost
Conjugation
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| masu-form (polite) | 迷います | まよいます |
| te-form | 迷って | まよって |
| ta-form (past) | 迷った | まよった |
| nai-form (negative) | 迷わない | まよわない |
| potential form | 迷える | まよえる |
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Example sentences
- どちらを買うか、ずいぶん迷った。 — I couldn't decide for the longest time which one to buy.
- 知らない町で道に迷った。 — I got lost in an unfamiliar town.
Idioms & proverbs containing “迷う”
- 路頭に迷う (ろとうにまよう) — to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
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