迷子

まいご

lost child, lost person, stray child, missing child

迷子札

まいごふだ

child's identification tag

迷子犬

まいごけん まいごいぬ

lost dog, missing dog

迷子センター

まいごセンター

lost child department, place to bring lost children to

迷子石

glacial erratic; erratic boulder

迷子郵便

まいごゆうびん

lost mail, undeliverable mail

迷い

まよい

inability to reach enlightenment

迷える子羊

まよえるこひつじ

stray sheep; lost lamb; person at a loss for what to do

迷子になる

まいごになる

to get lost, to become lost, to go astray

迷い星

まよいぼし

planet

気迷い

きまよい

wavering, hesitating

迷い箸

まよいばし

hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette)

いい迷惑

いいめいわく

real nuisance, becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)

思い迷う

おもいまよう

to be unable to make up one's mind, to be undecided

迷信深い

めいしんぶかい

superstitious

迷い込む

まよいこむ

to go astray, to lose one's way

気の迷い

きのまよい

delusion, trick of the imagination

迷論

めいろん

fallacious argument, fallacy, absurd opinion

迷惑

めいわく べいこく

trouble, bother, annoyance