迷う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
迷
まよ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「迷う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		迷う まよう
Imperative (命令形) 迷え まよえ
Key constructions
Passive 迷われる まよわれる
Causative 迷わせる まよわせる
Potential 迷える まよえる
Volitional 迷おう まよおー
Negative 迷わない まよわない
Negative perfective 迷わなかった まよわなかった
Formal 迷います まよいます
Perfective 迷った まよった
Conjunctive 迷って まよって
Hypothetical conditional 迷えば まよえば

Verb

迷(まよ)う • (mayou) ←まよふ (mayofu)?intransitive godan (stem 迷(まよ)い (mayoi), past 迷(まよ)った (mayotta))

Japanese verb pair
active 迷(まよ)わす
mediopassive 迷(まよ)う
  1. be confused
  2. waver, hesitate, be unable to decide
    選択(せんたく)に迷(まよ)う
    sentaku ni mayou
    to be unsure which choice to choose
  3. be lost, lose one's way
    道(みち)に迷(まよ)う
    michi ni mayou
    to lose one's way
  4. be blinded (by emotion), be lost (to something), be carried away, be captivated

Conjugation

Conjugation of "迷う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 迷わ まよわ mayowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 迷い まよい mayoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 迷う まよう mayou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 迷う まよう mayou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 迷え まよえ mayoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 迷え まよえ mayoe
Key constructions
Passive 迷われる まよわれる mayowareru
Causative 迷わせる
迷わす 		まよわせる
まよわす 		mayowaseru
mayowasu
Potential 迷える まよえる mayoeru
Volitional 迷おう まよおう mayoō
Negative 迷わない まよわない mayowanai
Negative continuative 迷わず まよわず mayowazu
Formal 迷います まよいます mayoimasu
Perfective 迷った まよった mayotta
Conjunctive 迷って まよって mayotte
Hypothetical conditional 迷えば まよえば mayoeba

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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