Components
漂う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
漂う
BOOST
Reading : ただよう   
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drift; to float
2. to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
3. to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
4. to wander; to walk around aimlessly
5. to be unsteady; to be unstable  (archaic)
6. to falter; to flinch; to wince  (archaic)
7. to live in unreliable circumstances  (archaic)
My mastery:
My current mastery of 漂う:
LOG IN to view word mastery data
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 101,182 which gives a rank of 4,865
漂う is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 37,800,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13919
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
Example sentences:
Yシャツから
たいしゅう
体臭
ただよ
...
Body odor from a dress shirt hangs in the air. ...
くち
なか
さんみ
酸味
あふれてくるような
いや
かんしょく
感触
くうき
空気
なか
ただよ
っていた

An unpleasant sensation in the air made my mouth fill with an acidic taste.
こぶね
小舟
なみ
まにま
ただよ
っていた

The small boat drifted at the mercy of the waves.
ただよう
BOOST
My flashcards:
LOG IN to view your flashcards
Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 84,000 (about 2,970,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 18 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
VIEW INFLECTIONS
ヒョウ   ただよ to drift about, float   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
west
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
Please LOG IN to view this kanji's mnemonic
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
スイ   みず water   
Problem with this word? Question or comment? Please CONTACT US.
Kanshudo is your AI Japanese tutor, and your constant companion on the road to mastery of the Japanese language. To get started learning Japanese, just follow the study recommendations on your Dashboard. You can use Quick search (accessible using the icon at the top of every page) to look up any Japanese word, kanji or grammar point, as well as to find anything on Kanshudo quickly. For an overview, take the tour.
Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points, examples), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
×