もやもや

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Japanese

Etymology

Reduplication of 靄 (moya, “mist”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

もやもや or モヤモヤ • (moyamoya) 

  1. hazily, foggily, mistily
    たばこの煙(けむ)がもやもやと立(た)ち込(こ)めていた。
    Tabako no kemu ga moyamoya to tachikomete ita.
    The room was hazy with (cigarette) smoke.
  2. vaguely, fuzzily, hazily
    もやもやとした記(き)憶(おく) ― moyamoya to shita kioku ― hazy memory
  3. feeling confused, frustrated, or irritated
    Synonym: もやくや (moyakuya)
  4. growing in clusters; fuzzily (of hair)
  5. (sex) feeling aroused or lustful
  6. arguing or quarreling in a disorderly or chaotic way

Usage notes

Takes the と (to) particle.

Derived terms

Noun

もやもや or モヤモヤ • (moyamoya) 

  1. confusion, frustration, anxiety
    胸(むね)のもやもやを晴(は)らす
    mune no moyamoya o harasu
    to clear up feelings of anxiety
  2. dispute, argument, disarray
    Synonyms: ごたごた (gotagota), もめごと (momegoto)

Verb

もやもやする or モヤモヤする • (moyamoya suru) suru (stem もやもやし (moyamoya shi), past もやもやした (moyamoya shita))

  1. to be hazy, misty
  2. to be unclear, fuzzy
    頭(あたま)がもやもやしている。
    Atama ga moyamoya shite iru.
    My head feels fuzzy.
  3. to be confused, frustrated
    彼(かれ)の一(ひと)言(こと)で、もやもやしていたものが吹(ふ)っきれた。
    Kare no hitokoto de, moyamoya shite ita mono ga fukkireta.
    His words cleared up the confusion I had been feeling.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "もやもやする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もやもやし moyamoya shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もやもやし moyamoya shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") もやもやする moyamoya suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") もやもやする moyamoya suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もやもやすれ moyamoya sure
Meireikei ("imperative") もやもやせよ¹
もやもやしろ² 		moyamoya seyo¹
moyamoya shiro²
Key constructions
Passive もやもやされる moyamoya sareru
Causative もやもやさせる
もやもやさす 		moyamoya saseru
moyamoya sasu
Potential もやもやできる moyamoya dekiru
Volitional もやもやしよう moyamoya shiyō
Negative もやもやしない moyamoya shinai
Negative continuative もやもやせず moyamoya sezu
Formal もやもやします moyamoya shimasu
Perfective もやもやした moyamoya shita
Conjunctive もやもやして moyamoya shite
Hypothetical conditional もやもやすれば moyamoya sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Descendants

  • → English: moyamoya
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