迷い・紕い|まよいmayoi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounhesitation; bewilderment; perplexity; doubt; indecision
2. nounillusion; delusion
3. noun, Buddhisminability to reach enlightenment
   人ひとには、迷まよいと苦くるしみのもとである煩悩ぼんのうがある。↗

   People have worldly passions which lead them into delusions and sufferings.

• Related混迷こんめいWrittenWritten word for a chaotic, unclear state of affairs, as in 「政局の混迷」; it describes the situation itself, while 「迷い」 is inner hesitation.
• Related戸惑いとまどいNeutralBeing at a loss over how to respond, whether from surprise or unfamiliarity; 「迷い」 usually means being torn between options or feeling lost.
• Related困惑こんわくNeutralBeing at a loss or hard-pressed, often with a sense of being troubled; 「迷い」 centers on inner indecision.
• Related当惑とうわくWrittenWritten word for being at a loss over how to handle or decide something; close to 「困惑」, while 「迷い」 stresses being unable to make up one's mind.
• Related躊躇ちゅうちょWrittenSino-Japanese word for hesitating, unable to decide, as in 「躊躇なく」; formal and written, stressing hesitation before taking action.
• Related惑いまどいWrittenLiterary word for delusion or obsession; rare even in writing and found mostly in literature, while 「迷い」 is the everyday word.
• RelatedためらいNeutralNative word for hesitation, often holding back out of misgivings; 「迷い」 can also refer to delusion in the Buddhist sense.

Use 「迷い」 when you cannot make up your mind, as in 「迷いがある」. For being at a loss, choose 「戸惑い」 or 「困惑」; for hesitating before acting, 「ためらい」; for a chaotic situation, 「混迷」. 「惑い」 is literary, and 「躊躇」 is a formal written word.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 迷まようこと。
2. 悟さとりが開あけないこと。
3. 成仏じょうぶつの妨さまたげとなる死者ししゃの執念しゅうねん。