Illustration: In the courtyard of a Japanese apartment complex, a young adult with hands in their pockets wanders between the bicycle shelter, a vending machine, and a low planter. Their feet point toward the planter while their head turns back toward the machine, with no bag, purchase, or task occupying them.

うろつく

urotsuku

to loiter, to wander around

Example sentences

変へんな人ひとが家いえの周まわりをうろついてるわよ。
A strange person is hanging around the house.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
私わたしはあの宝石店ほうせきてんのあたりをうろついていたので、泥棒どろぼうの嫌疑けんぎをかけられた。
I was suspected of being a thief because I was hanging about near the jeweler’s.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
泥棒どろぼうは真夜中まよなかにうろつき回まわる。
Robbers prowl around at midnight.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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