もやもや

Japanese

Etymology

Reduplication of 靄 (もや) (moya, “mist”).

Adverb

もやもや (katakana モヤモヤ, rōmaji moyamoya)

  1. hazily, foggily, mistily
    たばこの煙 (けむ)がもやもやと立 (た)ち込 (こ)めていた。
    Tabako no kemu ga moyamoya to tachikomete ita.
    The room was hazy with (cigarette) smoke.
  2. gloomily, fuzzily

Usage notes

Takes the と (to) particle.

Derived terms
  • もやもや病 (びょう) (moyamoya byō)

Verb

もやもやする (katakana モヤモヤする, rōmaji moyamoya suru)

  1. to be hazy, misty
  2. to be unclear, fuzzy
    頭 (あたま)がもやもやしている。
    Atama ga moyamoya shite iru.
    My head feels fuzzy.

Conjugation
Conjugation of "もやもやする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) もやもやし moyamoya shi
Continuative (連用形) もやもやし moyamoya shi
Terminal (終止形) もやもやする moyamoya suru
Attributive (連体形) もやもやする moyamoya suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) もやもやすれ moyamoya sure
Imperative (命令形) もやもやせよ¹
もやもやしろ²		 moyamoya seyo¹
moyamoya shiro²
Key constructions
Passive もやもやされる moyamoya sareru
Causative もやもやさせる
もやもやさす		 moyamoya saseru
moyamoya sasu
Potential もやもやできる moyamoya dekiru
Volitional もやもやしよう moyamoya shiyō
Negative もやもやしない moyamoya shinai
Negative continuative もやもやせず moyamoya sezu
Formal もやもやします moyamoya shimasu
Perfective もやもやした moyamoya shita
Conjunctive もやもやして moyamoya shite
Hypothetical conditional もやもやすれば moyamoya sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Descendants
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