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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

うろうろ

N2
urouro
  1. loiteringly
  2. aimless wandering
adverbadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

徘徊;闲逛

Examples

  • 今日きょう一いち日にち当あても無なくうろうろした。
    I wandered about aimlessly all day.
    今天一整天都漫无目的地闲逛。
  • 繁華街を当てもなくウロウロした。
    We wandered aimlessly around the shopping district.
    在繁华街区漫无目的地转悠。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('159326fcca'); // うろうろ
{
  "id": "159326fcca",
  "word": "うろうろ",
  "reading": "うろうろ",
  "romaji": "urouro",
  "meanings": [
    "loiteringly",
    "aimless wandering"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adv",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1001060,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "今日一日当ても無くうろうろした。",
      "furigana": "{今日|きょう}{一日|いちにち}{当|あ}ても{無|な}くうろうろした。",
      "en": "I wandered about aimlessly all day.",
      "tatoeba_id": 124113
    },
    {
      "ja": "繁華街を当てもなくウロウロした。",
      "en": "We wandered aimlessly around the shopping district.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121193
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "675766c18ea4cf4bf847bdce032f9c21898a2d7fbcd88e534ce5f4f9aca53141",
    "meanings": [
      "徘徊",
      "闲逛"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "今日一日当ても無くうろうろした。",
        "zh": "今天一整天都漫无目的地闲逛。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "繁華街を当てもなくウロウロした。",
        "zh": "在繁华街区漫无目的地转悠。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/159326fcca",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1001060; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ddf7732f6cd214f78dc94a5bf93696b4c25308be04fbb7f9ec5d654c810cde40"
  }
}