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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ぶらぶら

N1
burabura
  1. dangle heavily
  2. swing
  3. sway to and fro
  4. aimlessly
  5. idly
  6. lazily
  7. loiter
  8. loaf
  9. be idle
  10. stroll idly
adverbadverb (〜と)する verb

Chinese meanings

闲逛;摇晃

Examples

  • ちょっとその辺へんをブラブラしました。
    I wandered around for a while.
    我在附近随便逛了一会儿。
  • 彼かれらは海かい岸がんをぶらぶらと歩あるいた。
    They strolled along the beach.
    他们沿海岸悠闲地散步。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2eff177d9a'); // ぶらぶら
{
  "id": "2eff177d9a",
  "word": "ぶらぶら",
  "reading": "ぶらぶら",
  "romaji": "burabura",
  "meanings": [
    "dangle heavily",
    "swing",
    "sway to and fro",
    "aimlessly",
    "idly",
    "lazily",
    "loiter",
    "loaf",
    "be idle",
    "stroll idly"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to",
    "vs"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1011230,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ちょっとその辺をブラブラしました。",
      "furigana": "ちょっとその{辺|へん}をブラブラしました。",
      "en": "I wandered around for a while.",
      "tatoeba_id": 202823
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らは海岸をぶらぶらと歩いた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}らは{海岸|かいがん}をぶらぶらと{歩|ある}いた。",
      "en": "They strolled along the beach.",
      "tatoeba_id": 97413
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e7276fc8ae61e4af5971bf72773d2d24957baf3ced75efe8a4ca7692b4e4afc0",
    "meanings": [
      "闲逛",
      "摇晃"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ちょっとその辺をブラブラしました。",
        "zh": "我在附近随便逛了一会儿。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らは海岸をぶらぶらと歩いた。",
        "zh": "他们沿海岸悠闲地散步。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/2eff177d9a",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1011230; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "09aaade2dd43a6eea9081940b277399ddf928a750bcc1d4ac0427193a9430483"
  }
}