"うろうろ" meaning in Japanese

See うろうろ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞] 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 redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 87 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 17

Verb

IPA: [ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru|うろ.うろ|ウロ.ウロ|tr=intr}} うろうろする or ウロウロする • (urouro suru) intransitive suru (stem うろうろし (urouro shi), past うろうろした (urouro shita)) 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 Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 48 52

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "うろうろ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ウロウロ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "urouro",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
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          "name": "Japanese onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "60 40",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "78 22",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "aimlessly, loiteringly"
      ],
      "id": "en-うろうろ-ja-adv-pgiw0R3Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "aimlessly",
          "aimlessly"
        ],
        [
          "loiteringly",
          "loiteringly"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "urotsuku",
          "word": "うろつく"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "うろうろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "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": "urouro shi",
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろした",
      "roman": "urouro shita",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "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",
      "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",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "うろ.うろ",
        "2": "ウロ.ウロ",
        "tr": "intr"
      },
      "expansion": "うろうろする or ウロウロする • (urouro suru) intransitive suru (stem うろうろし (urouro shi), past うろうろした (urouro shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wander, hang around"
      ],
      "id": "en-うろうろ-ja-verb-8nzUtErh",
      "links": [
        [
          "wander",
          "wander"
        ],
        [
          "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": "[ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}
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    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese verbs",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
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        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "aimlessly, loiteringly"
      ],
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        [
          "aimlessly",
          "aimlessly"
        ],
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          "loiteringly",
          "loiteringly"
        ]
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    {
      "other": "うろうろ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞]"
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}

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      "form": "うろうろし",
      "roman": "urouro shi",
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        "stem"
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    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろした",
      "roman": "urouro shita",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "うろうろし",
      "source": "conjugation",
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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",
      "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",
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "うろ.うろ",
        "2": "ウロ.ウロ",
        "tr": "intr"
      },
      "expansion": "うろうろする or ウロウロする • (urouro suru) intransitive suru (stem うろうろし (urouro shi), past うろうろした (urouro shita))",
      "name": "ja-verb-suru"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wander, hang around"
      ],
      "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": "[ɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟ɾo̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "うろうろ"
}

Download raw JSONL data for うろうろ meaning in Japanese (5.4kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adverb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "うろうろ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "うろうろ"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "うろうろ",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (9c82c1c and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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.