彷徨う

• 読み: さまよう
• ローマ字: samayou
• 漢字の分解: 彷 (hō/samayo) — wander, roam; 徨 (kō) — wander, stray
• 発音: /sa.ma.jo.ɯ/

意味

To wander; to roam about; to drift aimlessly. Describes moving around without a clear destination or purpose.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb conveying aimless movement, both literal and figurative. Literally used for physically wandering streets or wilderness. Figuratively describes being lost in thought, indecision, or existential uncertainty. Often written in hiragana (さまよう) in modern texts.

例文

1. 夜の街を一人で彷徨った。
2. 生死の境を彷徨っていたが、なんとか助かった。
3. 進路に迷い、心が彷徨っている。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, storytelling, figurative speech

トーン: melancholic

起源と歴史

The kanji 彷徨 combines 彷 (wander, roam) and 徨 (wander, stray), both containing the radical 彳 (step, walk), doubly emphasising aimless walking.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal