jmdict 1532710 Active (id#2306453)
迷う [ichi1,news2,nf25] 紕う [rK]
まよう [ichi1,news2,nf25]
  1. [v5u,vi]
    • to lose one's way
    • to get lost
    • to go astray
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2867853 迷える【まよえる】 1. lost; astray; adrift; wandering
  2. [v5u,vi]
    • to waver
    • to hesitate
    • to vacillate
    • to be of two minds (about)
    • to be unable to make up one's mind
    • to not know what to do
    • to be at a loss
    • to be puzzled
    • to be perplexed
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2868591 迷わず【まよわず】 1. without hesitation
    • ⇐ see: 1641170 迷い【まよい】 1. hesitation; bewilderment; perplexity; doubt; indecision
  3. [v5u,vi]
    • to be captivated (by)
    • to be infatuated (with)
    • to be charmed (by)
    • to be carried away (by)
    • to be blinded (by)
    • to be lost (in)
    • to lose oneself (to)
  4. [v5u,vi]
    • to linger (of a departed soul)
    • to be restless in one's grave
    • to be unable to rest in peace
History:
    • A 2024-07-09 02:29:38 Jim Breen (id#2306453)
    • A* 2024-07-08 12:02:20 Robin Scott (id#2306409)
    • Comments
      Merging senses 3 and 4.
    • Refs
      gg5, prog, luminous, daij
    • Diff
      @@ -23 +22,0 @@
      -<xref type="see" seq="2132030">道に迷う</xref>
      @@ -25,0 +25 @@
      +<gloss>to go astray</gloss>
      @@ -30 +29,0 @@
      -<xref type="see" seq="1641170">迷い・1</xref>
      @@ -33 +32,5 @@
      -<gloss>to be of two minds over</gloss>
      +<gloss>to vacillate</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be of two minds (about)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be unable to make up one's mind</gloss>
      +<gloss>to not know what to do</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be at a loss</gloss>
      @@ -40,2 +43,7 @@
      -<gloss>to give into temptation</gloss>
      -<gloss>to lose control of oneself</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be captivated (by)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be infatuated (with)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be charmed (by)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be carried away (by)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be blinded (by)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be lost (in)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to lose oneself (to)</gloss>
      @@ -46,9 +54,3 @@
      -<gloss>to be charmed</gloss>
      -<gloss>to be infatuated</gloss>
      -<gloss>to be captivated</gloss>
      -<gloss>to be smitten</gloss>
      -</sense>
      -<sense>
      -<pos>&v5u;</pos>
      -<pos>&vi;</pos>
      -<gloss>to turn in one's grave</gloss>
      +<gloss>to linger (of a departed soul)</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be restless in one's grave</gloss>
      +<gloss>to be unable to rest in peace</gloss>
    • A 2024-07-05 16:20:32 Stephen Kraus (id#2306278)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      ╭─ーーー─┬───────────╮
      │ 迷う  │ 1,364,521 │
      │ 紕う  │         0 │ - rK (daijr)
      │ まよう │    24,670 │
      ╰─ーーー─┴───────────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
      +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2020-03-07 05:38:51 Jim Breen
    • A* 2020-03-07 01:05:23
    • Diff
      @@ -23,0 +24 @@
      +<gloss>to get lost</gloss>
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