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戸惑う (とまどう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 戸惑う · godan verb (-u)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 戸と 惑まど う 戸と 惑まど わない Polite 戸と 惑まど います 戸と 惑まど いません Past polite 戸と 惑まど いました 戸と 惑まど いませんでした Past 戸と 惑まど った 戸と 惑まど わなかった Te-form 戸と 惑まど って 戸と 惑まど わないで Desire 戸と 惑まど いたい 戸と 惑まど いたくない Potential 戸と 惑まど える 戸と 惑まど えない Passive 戸と 惑まど われる 戸と 惑まど われない Causative 戸と 惑まど わせる 戸と 惑まど わせない Causative passive 戸と 惑まど わせられる also 戸と 惑まど わされる 戸と 惑まど わせられない also 戸と 惑まど わされない Volitional 戸と 惑まど おう Polite volitional 戸と 惑まど いましょう Imperative 戸と 惑まど え 戸と 惑まど うな Conditional 戸と 惑まど えば 戸と 惑まど わなければ Tara conditional 戸と 惑まど ったら 戸と 惑まど わなかったら
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戸と
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何なに
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I was bewildered by the sudden question and couldn't answer anything.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 に 戸と 惑まど う to be bewildered by something
I was thrown off by the sudden question.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 態たい 度ど に 戸と 惑まど う to be perplexed by someone's attitude
I was confused by her cold attitude.
どう 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 すればいいか 戸と 惑まど う to be at a loss over how to do something
On my first day at the job, I was at a loss about how to respond.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 戸と 惑まど う to be confused/lost in a place
I often felt bewildered in a foreign country for the first time.
Kanji 戸 door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63) 惑 beguile, delusion, perplexity Related words 困惑する is more formal and suggests a deeper, more prolonged embarrassment or distress, while 戸惑う describes a brief, momentary confusion.
迷う centers on indecision between choices or losing one's way, while 戸惑う focuses on the emotional reaction of being thrown off balance.
まごつく is a colloquial word for fumbling or flustered confusion, often with visible awkward behavior, whereas 戸惑う is more neutral and can describe purely internal bewilderment.
うろたえる implies visible panic or loss of composure in a sudden crisis, while 戸惑う is milder and just means being puzzled or unsure what to do.
戸惑う is the everyday verb for feeling puzzled or at a loss, whereas 当惑 is a more formal noun describing a similar but often more socially awkward state.
Written forms 戸と 惑まど う Usage 73%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
とまどう Usage 26%
途と 惑まど う Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.
Etymology Compound of 戸 (to, 'door') and 惑う (madou, 'to be confused'). The image is of being so confused that one cannot even open a door, or of hesitating at a door, unsure whether to enter.
