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迷路

迷路

Chinese

 
bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused
road; path; way
simp. and trad.
(迷路)

Verb

迷路

  1. to lose one's way; to get lost

Japanese

迷路: a maze
Kanji in this term
めい
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 迷路 (*mei *lò, literally to go astray + road, way). Compare modern Chinese 迷路 (mílù, “to get lost”).

Pronunciation

Noun

迷路 (hiragana めいろ, romaji meiro)

  1. maze
  2. the inner ear, specifically that portion of the inner ear aside from the cochlea

Verb

迷路する (hiragana めいろする, romaji meiro suru)

  1. (obsolete) to become lost, to lose one's way

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  • 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

迷路 (miro) (hangeul 미로)

  1. Hanja form? of 미로, “labyrinth, maze”.