さまよう
さまよう
godan verb
to wander; to roam; to drift
1.
to wander; to roam; to drift; to stray
To move about without a fixed destination or purpose; to wander aimlessly.
街をさまよう。
To wander around town.
生死の境をさまよった。
I hovered between life and death.
視線が部屋の中をさまよった。
My gaze wandered around the room.
VERB TYPE:
自動詞 (intransitive verb)
Godan verb (五段動詞)
KANJI:
Can be written as 彷徨う (literary).
CONJUGATION:
- さまよわない (negative)
- さまよって (te-form)
- さまよった (past)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 街をさまよう - to wander the streets
- 夢の中をさまよう - to drift through dreams
- 生死の境をさまよう - to hover between life and death
- 意識がさまよう - one's consciousness drifts