もやもや

"growing in clusters; feeling aroused"

This definition may related to 萌(も)やす (moyasu, “to make something sprout”), 萌(も)える (moeru, “to sprout”).

"hazily, foggily, mistily, vaguely"

Reduplication of 靄 (moya, “mist”).

• (Tokyo) もやもや [móꜜyàmòyà] (Atamadaka – [1]) (adverb)
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ja̠mo̞ja̠]

• (Tokyo) もやもや [mòyámóyá] (Heiban – [0]) (noun)
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ja̠mo̞ja̠]

もやもや or モヤモヤ • (moyamoya) 

1. hazily, foggily, mistily

   たばこの煙(けむ)がもやもやと立(た)ち込(こ)めていた。

   Tabako no kemu ga moyamoya to tachikomete ita.

   The room was hazy with (cigarette) smoke.

2. vaguely, fuzzily, hazily

   もやもやとした記(き)憶(おく) ― moyamoya to shita kioku ― hazy memory

3. feeling confused, frustrated, or irritated

   Synonym: もやくや (moyakuya)

4. growing in clusters; fuzzily (of hair)
5. (sex) feeling aroused or lustful
6. arguing or quarreling in a disorderly or chaotic way

Takes the と (to) particle.

• もやもや病(びょう) (moyamoya-byō, “moyamoya disease”)

もやもや or モヤモヤ • (moyamoya) 

1. confusion, frustration, anxiety

   胸(むね)のもやもやを晴(は)らす

   mune no moyamoya o harasu

   to clear up feelings of anxiety

2. dispute, argument, disarray

   Synonyms: ごたごた (gotagota), もめごと (momegoto)

もやもやする or モヤモヤする • (moyamoya suru) suru (stem もやもやし (moyamoya shi), past もやもやした (moyamoya shita))

1. to be hazy, misty
2. to be unclear, fuzzy

   頭(あたま)がもやもやしている。

   Atama ga moyamoya shite iru.

   My head feels fuzzy.

3. to be confused, frustrated

   彼(かれ)の一(ひと)言(こと)で、もやもやしていたものが吹(ふ)っきれた。

   Kare no hitokoto de, moyamoya shite ita mono ga fukkireta.

   His words cleared up the confusion I had been feeling.

• → English: moyamoya