舞う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
舞
ま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "舞う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
舞う まう [màú]
Imperative (命令形) 舞え まえ [màé]
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる まわれる [màwárérú]
Causative 舞わせる まわせる [màwásérú]
Potential 舞える まえる [màérú]
Volitional 舞おう まお​ー [màóꜜò]
Negative 舞わない まわない [màwánáí]
Negative perfective 舞わなかった まわな​かった [màwánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 舞います まいま​す [màímáꜜsù]
Perfective 舞った まった [màttá]
Conjunctive 舞って まって [màtté]
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば まえ​ば [màéꜜbà]

Verb

舞(ま)う • (mau) ←まふ (mafu)?intransitive godan (stem 舞(ま)い (mai), past 舞(ま)った (matta))

  1. to dance
  2. to twirl; to rotate or spin
    風(かぜ)に舞(ま)う花弁(はなびら)
    kaze ni mau hanabira
    flower petals blowing in the wind
  3. (archaic or in fixed compounds) to keep moving; to move continuously
    振(ふ)る舞(ま)う (furumau, “to behave”)
    立(た)ち舞(ま)う (tachimau, “to socialize”)

Usage notes

This word primarily refers to whirling dances, as opposed to 踊(おど)る (odoru) which primarily refers to hopping dances.

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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