N21318/1725

まごまご

onomatopoeic or mimetic wordadverbnoun or participle taking the aux. verb するverb (generic)noun (generic)

Meanings

confused, flustered, at a loss

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Example sentences

初はじめての海外かいがい旅行りょこうで、空港くうこうでまごまごしてしまった。

On my first overseas trip, I ended up flustered at the airport.

上司じょうしに突然とつぜん質問しつもんされて、まごまごしながら答こたえた。

Suddenly questioned by my boss, I answered in a flustered manner.

慣なれない仕事しごとでまごまごしていると、先輩せんぱいが助たすけてくれた。

When I was at a loss with unfamiliar work, my senior colleague helped me.

まごまごしている時間じかんはない。すぐに決断けつだんしなければならない。

There is no time to be flustered. I must make a decision immediately.

彼女かのじょは複雑ふくざつな手続てつづきの前まえでまごまごすることなく、冷静れいせいに対処たいしょした。

Without becoming flustered in front of the complicated procedures, she handled it calmly.

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.)