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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

迷まよい

mayoi

hesitation, indecision

Example sentences

  1. そこで家康いえやすは「稲葉一鉄殿いなばいってつどのを」と迷まよいもなく信長のぶながに進言しんげんした。

    Ieyasu proposed 'then I would take Lord Ittetsu INABA' without hesitation.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. まるで地元じもとのように迷まよいなく進すすんでいった。

    We went on without hesitation, as though we were locals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 白しろは穢けがれなき心こころを表あらわし、様々さまざまな悩なやみ、迷まよい、汚よごれを落おとすという意味いみも持もつ。

    White represents a pure heart and also symbolizes the removal of worries, doubts, and impurities.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 迷

  • 迷astray; be perplexedOnメイKunまよう

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