Wander

"Wander" in Japanese

うろつく

urotsuku

(to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

さ迷う

samayou

(to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

ぶらつく

buratsuku

(to move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood)

横道にそれる

yokomichi ni soreru

(of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention)

迷う

mayou

(to go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.