よろめく
Yoromeku
Usually written in kana.
Other forms: 蹣跚めく
蹌踉めく (Yoromeku) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to stagger, to stumble, to totter, to reel”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto stagger; to stumble; to totter; to reel
- godan verb, intransitive verbto waver; to be in two minds
- godan verb, intransitive verbto have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
Examples
私のパンチで彼はよろめいた。
My punch sent him reeling.
彼はよろめきながら後からついてきた。
He came tumbling after.
それでもなんとか、よろめきながらドアまでたどり着いた。
But somehow he managed to stagger to the doors.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).