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うろうろ

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbadverb taking the と particlenoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

restlessly, aimlessly, without purpose
to loiter, to drift, to hang about doing nothing, to wander aimlessly, to be restless
to be restless, to fuss, to be in a fidget

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Example sentences

彼かれは部屋へやの中なかをうろうろしていた。

He was wandering aimlessly around the room.

不審ふしんな男おとこが店みせの前まえをうろうろしているので、店員てんいんが声こえをかけた。

A suspicious man was loitering in front of the store, so the clerk called out to him.

試験しけんの結果けっかを待まちながら、廊下ろうかをうろうろと歩あるき回まわった。

While waiting for the exam results, I wandered restlessly up and down the hallway.

目的もくてきもなくうろうろするのはやめて、さっさと仕事しごとに取とりかかりなさい。

Stop wandering around aimlessly and get to work already.

彼女かのじょは答こたえが見みつからず、うろうろと視線しせんをさまよわせながら黙だまり込こんでしまった。

Unable to find an answer, she fell silent, her gaze drifting restlessly.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)