舞う

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation[edit]

  • 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 [màú]
Imperative (命令形) 舞え [màé]
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる われる [màwárérú]
Causative 舞わせる わせる [màwásérú]
Potential 舞える える [màérú]
Volitional 舞おう [màóꜜò]
Negative 舞わない わない [màwánáí]
Negative perfective 舞わなかった わなかった [màwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 舞います いま [màímáꜜsù]
Perfective 舞った った [màttá]
Conjunctive 舞って って [màtté]
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば [màéꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

() (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[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN