舞う
N1まう mau
- to dance
- to flutter about
- to revolve
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
飞舞
Examples
- ヒラヒラと桜の花が舞っている。もうお花見の季節も終わりだな。It looks like cherry blossom-viewing season is at an end. You can see the petals fluttering down.樱花轻轻飘舞,赏花季节也快结束了。
- 木の葉が庭でくるくる舞っていた。The leaves whirled in the yard.树叶在院子里旋转飞舞。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e8815c7d25'); // 舞う
{
"id": "e8815c7d25",
"word": "舞う",
"reading": "まう",
"romaji": "mau",
"meanings": [
"to dance",
"to flutter about",
"to revolve"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1499100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ヒラヒラと桜の花が舞っている。もうお花見の季節も終わりだな。",
"furigana": "ヒラヒラと{桜|さくら}の{花|はな}が{舞|ま}っている。もうお{花見|はなみ}の{季節|きせつ}も{終|お}わりだな。",
"en": "It looks like cherry blossom-viewing season is at an end. You can see the petals fluttering down.",
"tatoeba_id": 197416
},
{
"ja": "木の葉が庭でくるくる舞っていた。",
"furigana": "{木|こ}の{葉|は}が{庭|にわ}でくるくる{舞|ま}っていた。",
"en": "The leaves whirled in the yard.",
"tatoeba_id": 80111
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "361cc89bcf6158e61fc8ee7afea0b6f9fd5beec5ee8716e273c0a8ea58a8918c",
"meanings": [
"飞舞"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ヒラヒラと桜の花が舞っている。もうお花見の季節も終わりだな。",
"zh": "樱花轻轻飘舞,赏花季节也快结束了。"
},
{
"ja": "木の葉が庭でくるくる舞っていた。",
"zh": "树叶在院子里旋转飞舞。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/e8815c7d25",
"JMdict ent_seq 1499100; 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": "c75d7e57b06a7d40bcbaa700115dc14c1e3ca741a624f429454d41f9bbba109d"
}
}