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JLPT N1 · Verb

仰ぐ (aogu)

仰ぐ (あおぐ, aogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to look up (at)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あおぐ
Romaji
aogu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to look up (at) · godan verb, transitive
  2. to look up to; to respect; to revere · godan verb, transitive
  3. to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for · godan verb, transitive
  4. to depend on; to rely on · godan verb, transitive
  5. to gulp down; to quaff; to drink · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は天を仰いだ。
He looked up at the sky.
Tatoeba #101942
彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。
He was respected as their teacher.
Tatoeba #101137
私は何事にも彼の指導を仰ぐ。
I look to him for direction in everything.
Tatoeba #158102

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 仰ぐ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary仰ぐあおぐ aogu
Polite (~masu)仰ぎますあおぎます aogimasu
Negative仰がないあおがない aoganai
Polite negative仰ぎませんあおぎません aogimasen
Past仰いだあおいだ aoida
Polite past仰ぎましたあおぎました aogimashita
Negative past仰がなかったあおがなかった aoganakatta
Te-form仰いであおいで aoide
Potential仰げるあおげる aogeru
Passive仰がれるあおがれる aogareru
Causative仰がせるあおがせる aogaseru
Volitional仰ごうあおごう aogou
Imperative仰げあおげ aoge
Conditional (~ba)仰げばあおげば aogeba

Kanji in 仰ぐ

仰
face-up, look up, dependギョウ・コウ・あお.ぐ・おお.せ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 仰ぐ.

信仰しんこう(religious) faith

Source: JMdict entry 1238780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.