"うろうろ" meaning in Japanese

See うろうろ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞] Forms: うろうろ [canonical], ウロウロ [canonical], urouro [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|うろ.うろ|ウロ.ウロ}} うろうろ or ウロウロ • (urouro)
  1. aimlessly, loiteringly Related terms: うろつく (urotsuku)
    Sense id: en-うろうろ-ja-adv-pgiw0R3Z Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 80 20 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 91 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 82 18

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]
Forms: うろうろする [canonical], ウロウロする [canonical], urouro suru [romanization], うろうろし [stem], うろうろした [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], うろうろし [error-unrecognized-form], urouro shi [error-unrecognized-form], うろうろする [error-unrecognized-form], urouro suru [error-unrecognized-form], うろうろすれ [error-unrecognized-form], urouro sure [error-unrecognized-form], うろうろせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], うろうろしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], urouro seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], urouro shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], うろうろされる [passive], urouro sareru [passive], うろうろさせる [causative], うろうろさす [causative], urouro saseru [causative], urouro sasu [causative], うろうろできる [potential], urouro dekiru [potential], うろうろしよう [volitional], urouro shiyō [volitional], うろうろしない [negative], urouro shinai [negative], うろうろせず [continuative, negative], urouro sezu [continuative, negative], うろうろします [formal], urouro shimasu [formal], うろうろした [perfective], urouro shita [perfective], うろうろして [conjunctive], urouro shite [conjunctive], うろうろすれば [conditional, hypothetical], urouro sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. wander, hang around Synonyms: うろつく, 彷徨う, 彷徨する, ちょろちょろする
    Sense id: en-うろうろ-ja-verb-8nzUtErh

Alternative forms

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      "form": "うろうろ",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ウロウロ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
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  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
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          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "aimlessly, loiteringly"
      ],
      "id": "en-うろうろ-ja-adv-pgiw0R3Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "aimlessly",
          "aimlessly"
        ],
        [
          "loiteringly",
          "loiteringly"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "urotsuku",
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        }
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    {
      "other": "うろうろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}

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      "form": "うろうろする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ウロウロする",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろし",
      "roman": "urourosuru shi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろした",
      "roman": "urourosuru shita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "うろうろし",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wander, hang around"
      ],
      "id": "en-うろうろ-ja-verb-8nzUtErh",
      "links": [
        [
          "wander",
          "wander"
        ],
        [
          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "うろつく"
        },
        {
          "word": "彷徨う"
        },
        {
          "word": "彷徨する"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょろちょろする"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うろうろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "canonical"
      ]
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      ]
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      ],
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          "loiteringly"
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      "form": "うろうろした",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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    },
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    {
      "form": "うろうろし",
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      "form": "urouro shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "うろうろする",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "urouro suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろした",
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
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      "form": "urouro sureba",
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        "wander, hang around"
      ],
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          "wander",
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        ],
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          "hang around",
          "hang around"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "うろつく"
        },
        {
          "word": "彷徨う"
        },
        {
          "word": "彷徨する"
        },
        {
          "word": "ちょろちょろする"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "うろうろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞ɯ̟ᵝɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}
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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "path": [
    "うろうろ"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
    "うろうろ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.