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舞う
舞う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 舞 |
|
ま Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
舞う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まう, romaji mau, historical hiragana まふ)
- dance
- twirl
- to pass through the air in a smooth way
- 風に舞う花びら
- kaze ni mau hanabira
- flower petals blowing in the wind
- 風に舞う花びら
Usage notes
This word primarily refers to whirling dances, as opposed to 踊る (おどる, odoru) which primarily refers to hopping dances.
Conjugation
Conjugation of "舞う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 舞わ | まわ | mawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 舞い | まい | mai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 舞う | まう | mau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 舞う | まう | mau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 舞え | まえ | mae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 舞え | まえ | mae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 舞われる | まわれる | mawareru |
| Causative | 舞わせる 舞わす |
まわせる まわす |
mawaseru mawasu |
| Potential | 舞える | まえる | maeru |
| Volitional | 舞おう | まおう | maō |
| Negative | 舞わない | まわない | mawanai |
| Negative continuative | 舞わず | まわず | mawazu |
| Formal | 舞います | まいます | maimasu |
| Perfective | 舞った | まった | matta |
| Conjunctive | 舞って | まって | matte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 舞えば | まえば | maeba |