I Love Kanji舞う (mau)
舞う (まう, mau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to dance (orig. a whirling dance)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- まう
- Romaji
- mau
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to dance (orig. a whirling dance) · godan verb, intransitive
- to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl; to fly; to circle · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
ヒラヒラと桜の花が舞っている。もうお花見の季節も終わりだな。
It looks like cherry blossom-viewing season is at an end. You can see the petals fluttering down.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 舞う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 舞う | まう mau |
| Polite (~masu) | 舞います | まいます maimasu |
| Negative | 舞わない | まわない mawanai |
| Polite negative | 舞いません | まいません maimasen |
| Past | 舞った | まった matta |
| Polite past | 舞いました | まいました maimashita |
| Negative past | 舞わなかった | まわなかった mawanakatta |
| Te-form | 舞って | まって matte |
| Potential | 舞える | まえる maeru |
| Passive | 舞われる | まわれる mawareru |
| Causative | 舞わせる | まわせる mawaseru |
| Volitional | 舞おう | まおう maou |
| Imperative | 舞え | まえ mae |
| Conditional (~ba) | 舞えば | まえば maeba |
Kanji in 舞う
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 舞う.
お見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)舞台ぶたいstage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.)見舞いみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)振舞うふるまうto behave見舞うみまうto visit and comfort or console
Source: JMdict entry 1499100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.