Illustration: At a Japanese station ticket gate, a flustered commuter has stopped just before the closed barrier with a wallet in one hand and a house key mistakenly poised above the card reader. Their actual transit card protrudes from the fingers holding the wallet, unnoticed.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

まごまご

magomago

in confusion, at a loss

Often used with する. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはこういうレストランに慣なれていないのだろうか、何なにかとまごまごしていたが、わたしもあまり慣なれた感かんじを出ださないように気きをつかった。

    Perhaps he wasn’t used to restaurants like this. He seemed flustered by one thing after another, but I took care not to seem too familiar with the place either.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  2. 駅えきの出口でぐちが分わからず、まごまごしていた。

    I couldn’t find the station exit and was at a loss.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 支払しはらいの時ときにまごまごして、後うしろの人ひとを待またせた。

    I got flustered while paying and kept the person behind me waiting.

    Written by AI for Bebop

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