Illustration: In the snowy courtyard of a small apartment building, a restless resident has wandered out in a padded jacket and slippers. Their fresh footprints double back, circle a bench, approach one path, and abruptly turn toward another.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

うろうろ

urouro

to wander aimlessly

Example sentences

  1. 今日一日当きょういちにちあても無なくうろうろした。

    I wandered about aimlessly all day.

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  2. 繁華街はんかがいを当あてもなくウロウロした。

    We wandered aimlessly around the shopping district.

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  3. 駅えきからここに来くる途中とちゅうで迷まよっちゃって、あっちへうろうろ、こっちへうろうろ、もう大変たいへんだったよ。

    I got lost on the way here from the station, and I wandered all over. It was kind of a struggle.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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