ぶらぶら
N1 burabura
- dangle heavily
- swing
- sway to and fro
- aimlessly
- idly
- lazily
- loiter
- loaf
- be idle
- stroll idly
adverbadverb (〜と)する verb
Chinese meanings
闲逛;摇晃
Examples
- ちょっとその辺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。
- 彼らは海岸をぶらぶらと歩いた。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"
}
}