迷う Perplexed

Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 17:58

迷う

perplexed, puzzled, lost the way

The word:	Closer look at the kanji:	B = Beginner \| I = Intermediate \| A = Advanced
迷う mayou perplexed, puzzled, lost the way	迷 mayo (u) lost, puzzled	迷子 mai go - lost child, be lost [B] 迷惑 mei waku - (causing) trouble, problems [I] 迷惑駐車迷惑駐車 - be annoying by parking on the road (to buy a drink from a vending machine...) [A]

Time flies... ne!

SUGGESTED USAGE:

食べようかどうか迷っている間に、大豆が納豆になっちゃった。
tabeyou ka dou ka mayotteiru aida ni, daizu ga nattou ni nacchatta.
While befuddled whether he should eat or not, the beans became nattou (went bad).

ABOUT SUGGESTED USAGE:

食べようかどうか tabeyou ka dou ka - to eat or not to eat [~ かどうか to do something or not || 起きようかどうか okiyou ka dou ka - whether to get (wake) up or not || 愛を告白しようかどうか ai o kokuhaku shiyou ka dou ka - whether to confess your love or not
迷っている mayotteiru - puzzling te iru form of 迷う mayou
間に aida ni - while, during that time
大豆 dai zu - soy beans
納豆 nattou - natto fermented soybeans which are said to be quite healthy but stinks like yesterdays socks - NATTOU PAGE
になっちゃった ni nacchatta - unfortunately became ~ from に　なる ni naru to become + ～ちゃった ~chatta which means something is completed, but usually shows a bit of remorse over what has occured. It is casual speech and its more formal counterpart is しまった shimatta which acts and means the same