Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
まど
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

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From () (oki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (oku, to leave or place in a certain state)) + (まど)わす (madowasu, to deceive, perplex).

Verb

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()(まど)わす (okimadowasuおきまどはす (okimadofasu)?transitive yodan

  1. (archaic, obsolete) to seem difficult to distinguish
    • 905914, Kokin Wakashū (book 5, poem 277; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 29)
      (こころ)あてに()らばや()らむ(はつ)(しも)()きまどはせる(しら)(ぎく)(はな)
      kokoro ate ni oraba ya oran hatsushimo no okimadowaseru shiragiku no hana
      (please add an English translation of this example)
  2. (archaic, obsolete) to forget or lose sight of

Conjugation

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