舞う

Japanese
Kanji in this term
舞
ま
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

舞う (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まう, rōmaji mau, historical hiragana まふ)

  1. dance
  2. twirl
  3. to pass through the air in a smooth way
    風 (かぜ)に舞 (ま)う花 (はな)びら
    kaze ni mau hanabira
    flower petals blowing in the wind

Usage notes

This word primarily refers to whirling dances, as opposed to 踊る (おどる, odoru) which primarily refers to hopping dances.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "舞う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 舞わ まわ mawa
Continuative (連用形) 舞い まい mai
Terminal (終止形) 舞う まう mau
Attributive (連体形) 舞う まう mau
Hypothetical (仮定形) 舞え まえ mae
Imperative (命令形) 舞え まえ mae
Key constructions
Passive 舞われる まわれる mawareru
Causative 舞わせる
舞わす		 まわせる
まわす		 mawaseru
mawasu
Potential 舞える まえる maeru
Volitional 舞おう まおう maō
Negative 舞わない まわない mawanai
Negative continuative 舞わず まわず mawazu
Formal 舞います まいます maimasu
Perfective 舞った まった matta
Conjunctive 舞って まって matte
Hypothetical conditional 舞えば まえば maeba

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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