Illustration: Along a wide urban riverside path, an older man strolls with loose shoulders and an easy, balanced stride. He holds his sunhat lightly behind his back and pauses his gaze on a small bird perched on the railing.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

悠ゆう々ゆう

yuuyuu

leisurely, calmly

Example sentences

  1. 飛行機ひこうきは頭上ずじょうをゆうゆうと飛とんで行いった。

    The airplane sailed over our heads.

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  2. 会津藩兵あいづはんへいが槍やりを突つきつけると、芹沢せりざわは鉄扇てっせんでその槍先やりさきを悠々ゆうゆうと煽あおいで笑わらう。

    When Aizu Clan soldiers pointed their spears at him, SERIZAWA composedly fanned the tips of the spears with his iron-ribbed fan and laughed.

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

  3. 豪胆ごうたんな鱶七ふかしちはさまざまな罠わなにもびくともせず、悠々ゆうゆうと奥おくに入はいる。

    Fukashichi, a brave man, is not afraid of various tricks and goes inside without fear.

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

Kanji in 悠々

  • 悠permanence; distantOnユウ

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