漂う
N1ただよう tadayou
- to drift about
- to float
- to hang in air
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
漂浮;飘荡
Examples
- そのボートは大海を漂っていた。The boat was drifting in the ocean.那艘船漂浮在大海上。
- 地球は宇宙空間に漂う球体にすぎない。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"
}
}