漂う
ただよう
Romaji:
tadayou
Meaning:
To drift about, to float, to hang in air
The Japanese term 漂う (ただよう) means To drift about, to float, to hang in air and appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Quick Info: This word appears frequently in JLPT N1 exams. Mastery helps with both reading and listening sections.
✅ Study tip: Learn 漂う (ただよう / tadayou) for meaning “to drift about, to float, to hang in air”. This is a JLPT N1 word.
- Listen. Repeat two times. Shadow the audio without pausing.
- Chunk it by sound: た · だ · よ · う.
- Make a 10 second mnemonic with the meaning: “to drift about, to float, to hang in air”.
- Write it once. Say ただよう and tadayou as you write.
- Cloze it: 『今日は[ ]を使います。』 Then say the answer with the meaning.
- Review at 10 minutes, 1 day, and 3 days.
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