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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

Meanings

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

be bewildered; be perplexed; be at a loss

Describes a state of mental confusion or uncertainty when faced with an unexpected situation, unclear instructions, or conflicting information. Often implies a temporary inability to decide or act.

突とつ然ぜんの質しつ問もんに戸と惑まどって、何なにも答こたえられなかった。
I was bewildered by the sudden question and couldn't answer anything.
新あたらしいシステムの使つかい方かたがわからず、社しゃ員いんたちは戸と惑まどっている。
The employees are perplexed because they don't understand how to use the new system.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に戸と惑まどうto be bewildered by something
急きゅうな質しつ問もんに戸と惑まどってしまった。
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
彼かの女じょの冷つめたい態たい度どに戸と惑まどった。
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
初はじめての仕し事ごとでどう対たい応おうすればいいか戸と惑まどった。
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
初はじめての外がい国こくで戸と惑まどうことが多おおかった。
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
途route, way, road

Related words

困こん惑わくN1
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.
迷まようN3
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N1
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
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.
当とう惑わくN1
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.

Word family

戸と惑まどい
confusion; bewilderment; being at a loss · disorientation upon waking; forgetting which room to enter

Built from

戸と+惑まどう

Written forms

戸と惑まどうUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
とまどうUsage26%
途と惑まどうUsage1%
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.