Japanese

ただよう
Meaning: to drift; to float; to waft
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 漂う 漂わない
Polite 漂います 漂いません
Past 漂った 漂わなかった
Polite + Past 漂いました 漂いませんでした
Te-form 漂って 漂わなくて
Potential 漂える 漂えない
Passive 漂われる 漂われない
Causative 漂わせる 漂わせない
Causative + Passive 漂わされる 漂わされない
Imperative 漂え 漂うな

Handwriting

漂
う

Example sentences

A good scent of flowers is wafting in the room.
コーヒーのいい匂いが部屋中に漂っている
The pleasant smell of coffee is wafting through the room.
会議室には独特の緊張感が漂っていた。
A unique sense of tension was in the air in the meeting room.
辺りに不穏な空気が漂っている。
A disturbing air is drifting around.
演奏が終わった後も、会場には美しい旋律の余韻が漂っていた。
Even after the performance ended, the lingering sound of the beautiful melody floated in the hall.
部屋にはほのかな花の香りが漂っている。
A faint scent of flowers is drifting in the room.
この作品には、ある種の緊張感が漂っている。
In this work, a certain kind of tension is hanging in the air.
この辺りはいつもガソリン臭が漂っている。
The smell of gasoline is always drifting around here.
森の奥から禍々しい雰囲気が漂っている
An ominous atmosphere drifted from the depths of the forest.
どこからともなく、甘い香りが漂ってきた。
A sweet scent drifted in from nowhere.

Usage Notes

Can describe physical drifting in air/water or the presence of a smell or atmosphere.

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