I Love Kanjiふらふら (furafura)
ふらふら is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふらふら
- Romaji
- furafura
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; tottering; reeling · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb, な-adjective · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; indecisively · adverb, adverb (taking と), suru verb · onomatopoeia / mimetic
- aimlessly; unconsciously; whimsically; without thinking · adverb, adverb (taking と) · onomatopoeia / mimetic
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of ふらふら
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ふらふらする | ふらふらする furafurasuru |
| Polite (~masu) | ふらふらします | ふらふらします furafurashimasu |
| Negative | ふらふらしない | ふらふらしない furafurashinai |
| Polite negative | ふらふらしません | ふらふらしません furafurashimasen |
| Past | ふらふらした | ふらふらした furafurashita |
| Polite past | ふらふらしました | ふらふらしました furafurashimashita |
| Negative past | ふらふらしなかった | ふらふらしなかった furafurashinakatta |
| Te-form | ふらふらして | ふらふらして furafurashite |
| Potential | ふらふらできる | ふらふらできる furafuradekiru |
| Passive | ふらふらされる | ふらふらされる furafurasareru |
| Causative | ふらふらさせる | ふらふらさせる furafurasaseru |
| Volitional | ふらふらしよう | ふらふらしよう furafurashiyou |
| Imperative | ふらふらしろ | ふらふらしろ furafurashiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | ふらふらすれば | ふらふらすれば furafurasureba |
Source: JMdict entry 1011060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.