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泳ぐ およぐ N5

  1. to swim
  2. to struggle through (a crowd)
  3. to get along (in life); to make one's way through the world
  4. to lose one's balance; to totter

人波を泳ぐ ひとなみをおよぐ

  1. to wade through a crowd

目が泳ぐ めがおよぐ

  1. to be shifty; to dart around (of one's eyes)
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