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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

漂ただよう

N1
ただよう tadayou
  1. to drift about
  2. to float
  3. to hang in air
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

漂浮;飘荡

Examples

  • そのボートは大たい海かいを漂ただよっていた。
    The boat was drifting in the ocean.
    那艘船漂浮在大海上。
  • 地ち球きゅうは宇う宙ちゅう空くう間かんに漂ただよう球きゅう体たいにすぎない。
    The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.
    地球不过是漂浮在宇宙空间里的球体。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2b95723a89'); // 漂う
{
  "id": "2b95723a89",
  "word": "漂う",
  "reading": "ただよう",
  "romaji": "tadayou",
  "meanings": [
    "to drift about",
    "to float",
    "to hang in air"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1489240,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "そのボートは大海を漂っていた。",
      "furigana": "そのボートは{大海|たいかい}を{漂|ただよ}っていた。",
      "en": "The boat was drifting in the ocean.",
      "tatoeba_id": 212640
    },
    {
      "ja": "地球は宇宙空間に漂う球体にすぎない。",
      "furigana": "{地球|ちきゅう}は{宇宙空間|うちゅうくうかん}に{漂|ただよ}う{球体|きゅうたい}にすぎない。",
      "en": "The earth is just a sphere suspended in space.",
      "tatoeba_id": 126972
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "87c7aab1b22545cc17d3986c76ccc90e2d1708c2df9bb6c26b8bbe69ce628f88",
    "meanings": [
      "漂浮",
      "飘荡"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "そのボートは大海を漂っていた。",
        "zh": "那艘船漂浮在大海上。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "地球は宇宙空間に漂う球体にすぎない。",
        "zh": "地球不过是漂浮在宇宙空间里的球体。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/2b95723a89",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1489240; 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": "4ab4b5954f4ff5b29db564dac1bcf3a5b370c7cc4cebb6738e1e158f2b312e73"
  }
}