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浮浪 (ふろう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
vagrancy ; wandering ; drifting
Refers to the state of being homeless and wandering, or the act of drifting without a fixed home. Often used in compound words like 浮浪者 (vagrant) or 浮浪生活 (vagrant life). The する form means to wander or live as a vagrant.
ふ
浪ろう
者しゃ
が
公こう
園えん
で
寝ね
て
いる
。
A vagrant is sleeping in the park.
Written forms 浮ふ 浪ろう Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling for vagrancy and wandering.
ふろう Usage 2%
Kanji 浮 floating, float, rise to surface 浪 wandering, waves, billows Similar words 放ほう 浪ろう 放浪 emphasizes aimless wandering or roaming, often with a romantic or adventurous nuance, while 浮浪 focuses more on homelessness and drifting without a settled life.
ホームレス ホームレス is a more direct and modern term for a homeless person, while 浮浪 carries a slightly older or literary tone and can refer to the act of wandering itself.
Etymology Composed of 浮 (float, drift) and 浪 (wave, wandering). The combination suggests drifting like waves, conveying a rootless, wandering existence.
