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もやもや

hazy; unsettled (feeling)

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Examples

  1. 気持ちがもやもやする。

    きもちがもやもやする。

    I feel unsettled.

  2. 話し合っても、もやもやが残った。

    はなしあっても、もやもやがのこった。

    Even after talking it out, an unsettled feeling remained.

  3. 煙が部屋にもやもやと立ち込めている。

    けむりがへやにもやもやとたちこめている。

    Smoke hangs hazily over the room.

Common patterns

もやもやする
to feel vaguely unsettled
もやもやが残る
for an unresolved feeling to linger
もやもやを晴らす
to clear up an unsettled feeling

Memory tip

It comes from 靄, haze, and that is exactly the feeling: an unresolved discomfort you cannot see through or name. Note that it also works as a noun, as in もやもやが晴れる.

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