漂う
Reading
Meanings
- to drift, to float
- to waft (e.g. a scent), to hang in the air
- to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
- to wander, to walk around aimlessly
- to be unsteady, to be unstable
- to falter, to flinch, to wince
- to live in unreliable circumstances
Learn in context
Example sentences
When autumn comes, the scent of osmanthus wafts through the whole town.
Mist was drifting through the mountain valley.
A tense atmosphere hung in the meeting room, and no one tried to speak.
There was something melancholy hanging in her words.
The first half of his life, spent wandering from place to place without a steady job, was so full of tumult that it could have filled an entire novel.
Keep studying
More N1 words
ruling party, government party, party in power, government
View detailsterritory, domain, dominion, possession
View detailsfederation (of states), confederation, commonwealth, union
View detailsintention, inclination, mind, idea, wish, view
View detailsmale (animal, plant); male; manly, brave, heroic; larger (of the two), greater; man; husband; male, man; excellence, greatness, best (of), great person, leading figure
View detailssynthesis, combination, integration, putting together; general, combined, composite, mixed, integrated, comprehensive; synthesis, colligation
View details