漂う

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 漂う. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 漂う, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 漂う in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 漂う you have here. The definition of the word 漂う will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of漂う, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
漂
ただよ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
漾う (obsolete)

Etymology

/tadajopu/ → /tadajoɸu/ → /tadajou/

From Old Japanese. First cited to the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "漂う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		漂う ただよ​う
Imperative (命令形) 漂え ただよ​え
Key constructions
Passive 漂われる ただよわれ​る
Causative 漂わせる ただよわせ​る
Potential 漂える ただよえ​る
Volitional 漂おう ただよお​ー
Negative 漂わない ただよわ​ない
Negative perfective 漂わなかった ただよわ​なかった
Formal 漂います ただよいま​す
Perfective 漂った ただよ​った
Conjunctive 漂って ただよ​って
Hypothetical conditional 漂えば ただよ​えば

Verb

漂(ただよ)う • (tadayou) ←ただよふ (tadayofu)?intransitive godan (stem 漂(ただよ)い (tadayoi), past 漂(ただよ)った (tadayotta))

  1. to float
    青空(あおぞら)に雲(くも)が漂(ただよ)う。
    Aozora ni kumo ga tadayou.
    The clouds are floating in the blue sky.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "漂う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 漂わ ただよわ tadayowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 漂い ただよい tadayoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 漂う ただよう tadayou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 漂う ただよう tadayou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 漂え ただよえ tadayoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 漂え ただよえ tadayoe
Key constructions
Passive 漂われる ただよわれる tadayowareru
Causative 漂わせる
漂わす 		ただよわせる
ただよわす 		tadayowaseru
tadayowasu
Potential 漂える ただよえる tadayoeru
Volitional 漂おう ただよおう tadayoō
Negative 漂わない ただよわない tadayowanai
Negative continuative 漂わず ただよわず tadayowazu
Formal 漂います ただよいます tadayoimasu
Perfective 漂った ただよった tadayotta
Conjunctive 漂って ただよって tadayotte
Hypothetical conditional 漂えば ただよえば tadayoeba

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia