JLPT N3 · Verb

迷う (mayou)

迷う (まよう, mayou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lose one's way; to get lost”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まよう
Romaji: mayou
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to lose one's way; to get lost; to go astray · godan verb, intransitive
to waver; to hesitate; to vacillate; to be of two minds (about); to be unable to make up one's mind · godan verb, intransitive
to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with); to be charmed (by); to be carried away (by); to be blinded (by) · godan verb, intransitive
to linger (of a departed soul); to be restless in one's grave; to be unable to rest in peace · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は森の中で迷った。

He lost his way in the woods.

Tatoeba #103738

どの道を行くか迷った。

I hesitated about which road to take.

Tatoeba #200259

彼女の色香に迷った。

He was fascinated with her beauty.

Tatoeba #94275

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 迷う

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	迷う	まよう mayou
Polite (~masu)	迷います	まよいます mayoimasu
Negative	迷わない	まよわない mayowanai
Polite negative	迷いません	まよいません mayoimasen
Past	迷った	まよった mayotta
Polite past	迷いました	まよいました mayoimashita
Negative past	迷わなかった	まよわなかった mayowanakatta
Te-form	迷って	まよって mayotte
Potential	迷える	まよえる mayoeru
Passive	迷われる	まよわれる mayowareru
Causative	迷わせる	まよわせる mayowaseru
Volitional	迷おう	まよおう mayoou
Imperative	迷え	まよえ mayoe
Conditional (~ba)	迷えば	まよえば mayoeba

Kanji in 迷う

迷

astray, be perplexed, in doubtメイ・まよ.う · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 迷う.

迷惑めいわくtrouble迷子まいごlost child迷信めいしんsuperstition

Source: JMdict entry 1532710 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.