うろうろ
N2 urouro
- loiteringly
- aimless wandering
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
徘徊;闲逛
Examples
- 今日一日当ても無くうろうろした。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"
}
}