舞う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「舞う
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
舞う
Imperative (命令形) 舞え
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる われる
Causative 舞わせる わせる
Potential 舞える える
Volitional 舞おう
Negative 舞わない わない
Negative perfective 舞わなかった わなかった
Formal 舞います いま
Perfective 舞った った
Conjunctive 舞って って
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば

Verb

() (mauまふ (mafu)?intransitive godan (stem () (mai), past ()った (matta))

  1. to dance
  2. to twirl; to rotate or spin
    (かぜ)()花弁(はなびら)
    kaze ni mau hanabira
    flower petals blowing in the wind
  3. (archaic or in fixed compounds) to keep moving; to move continuously
    ()() (furumau, to behave)
    ()() (tachimau, to socialize)

Usage notes

This word primarily refers to whirling dances, as opposed to (おど) (odoru) which primarily refers to hopping dances.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN