To Dance, To Flutter
intransitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means dance and the verb vocab version means to dance, as well as to flutter.
まう
Who is the greatest dancer of them all? China's previous ruler, Mao (まう).
彼氏の部屋、埃がすっごい舞ってて最悪だったんだけど、綺麗な花びらが舞っているんだって思い込むように頑張ってみたさ。ま、無理だったけど。
In my boyfriend’s room a bunch of dust was fluttering about and it was disgusting, so I tried to imagine that they were beautiful petals fluttering about instead. It didn’t work.