彷
彷

stray, wander, loiter

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ホウ

Kun

さまよ.う

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Common Words

うろつく彷徨くIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #6586
1

to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam

Examples
真夜中は幽霊がうろつく時刻だと考えられている。
Midnight is when ghosts are thought to walk the earth.
さまよう彷徨うさ迷うIntransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #6599
1

to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around

Examples
彼女は森をさまよっていた。
She was wandering in the woods.
彷彿髣髴ほうふつ～と AdverbFreq #15666
1

Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; 'taru' adjective; Usu. as 〜を彷彿とさせる

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past)

2

'taru' adjective

dim; faint; vague; blurred

彷徨ほうこうNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #28025
1

wandering; rambling; roaming

うろつき回る彷徨き回るうろつきまわるGodan verbFreq #60774
1

to rove; to prowl; to go cruising

Examples
泥棒は真夜中にうろつき回る。
Robbers prowl around at midnight.
さまよえるさ迷える彷徨えるUsually kanaIchidan verbFreq #75028
1

to wander

彷徊ほうかいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #87911
1

Obsolete term

walking around aimlessly

さまよえるユダヤ人さ迷えるユダヤ人彷徨えるユダヤ人さまよえるユダヤじんNounFreq #172896
1

Wandering Jew

水天彷彿水天髣髴すいてんほうふつNoun四字熟語Freq #245284
1

the sky and water merging into one; seamless merging of the sea and the sky

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