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さまよう is an exact match with one form of the following word:
さまよう
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around (often written with kana only)My mastery:
My current mastery of さまよう:
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• Kanshudo usefulness level: 10 (among the 100,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 36,460 which gives a rank of 53,616
さまよう is the most useful form.
2 additional
forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 102,000
(about 1,750,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
Example sentences:
「どこか、いいところはないかと
おも
思
って、かたがた
方々
さまよっているところへ、なん
何
ともいえないきれいなふえ
笛
のおと
音
がするので、きっと、あのふえ
笛
のな
鳴
るほう
方
にはいいことがあるにちがいないとおも
思
って、くた
やって来た
のですよ。」ともう
申
しました。
"Just as we were wandering around, hoping to find a suitable place, we heard the inexplicably beautiful sound of a flute, and so we came here, thinking that there must be something good wherever the flute was being played," she said.
Source: 鶴の笛（林芙美子, translation: J. D. Wisgo）
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彷徨う
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Reading
:
さまよう
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 118,000
(about 1,120,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
さ迷う
BOOST
Reading
:
さまよう
My flashcards:
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 93,000
(about 2,260,000 results)
More info:
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