迷まよう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

lose one's way; get lost; go astray

Physical or literal sense of not knowing where one is or which way to go.

• 初はじめての街まちで道みちに迷まよった。

  I got lost in a town I was visiting for the first time.

• 山やまで迷まよわないように地ち図ずを持もって行いこう。

  Let's take a map so we don't get lost in the mountains.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

hesitate; waver; be at a loss

Mental indecision or uncertainty about what to do, often with ～か迷う or ～に迷う.

• どの大だい学がくに行いくか迷まよっている。

  I'm undecided about which university to go to.

• 返へん事じに迷まよって、すぐに答こたえられなかった。

  I hesitated over my reply and couldn't answer right away.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

be captivated; be infatuated; lose oneself in

Being so charmed or absorbed by something that one loses good judgment; often used with ～に迷う.

• 彼かれは甘あまい言こと葉ばに迷まよって大たい金きんをだまし取とられた。

  He was taken in by sweet talk and swindled out of a large sum of money.

• 欲よくに迷まよって悪わるいことをしてはいけない。

  You must not be blinded by greed and do bad things.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

linger (of a departed soul); be unable to rest in peace

Rare, literary or spiritual use; describes a soul that cannot move on. Often appears in set phrases like 死に迷う or 迷える魂.

• 供く養ようをしないと、死し者しゃの魂たましいが迷まようと言いわれている。

  It is said that if memorial services are not held, the souls of the dead will linger.