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迷う (まよう): to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to lose one's way — Japanese vocabulary

迷う is read まよう and means "to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to lose one's way". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

迷う

Reading
まよう · mayou
Translation
to be puzzled, to be perplexed, to lose one's way
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
まようが

Example

彼は森の中で迷った。

かれはもりのなかでまよった。

He lost his way in the woods.

Kanji in this word

  • 迷 — lost, hesitate

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