I Love Kanji接ぐ (tsugu)
接ぐ (つぐ, tsugu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to join; to piece together”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- つぐ
- Romaji
- tsugu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to join; to piece together; to set (bones) · godan verb, transitive
- to graft (onto a tree) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
枝が伸び、実が成ることを想定して接ぐ場所を選びましょう。
Select the graft point after imagining how the branches will extend and fruit grow.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 接ぐ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 接ぐ | つぐ tsugu |
| Polite (~masu) | 接ぎます | つぎます tsugimasu |
| Negative | 接がない | つがない tsuganai |
| Polite negative | 接ぎません | つぎません tsugimasen |
| Past | 接いだ | ついだ tsuida |
| Polite past | 接ぎました | つぎました tsugimashita |
| Negative past | 接がなかった | つがなかった tsuganakatta |
| Te-form | 接いで | ついで tsuide |
| Potential | 接げる | つげる tsugeru |
| Passive | 接がれる | つがれる tsugareru |
| Causative | 接がせる | つがせる tsugaseru |
| Volitional | 接ごう | つごう tsugou |
| Imperative | 接げ | つげ tsuge |
| Conditional (~ba) | 接げば | つげば tsugeba |
Kanji in 接ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 接ぐ.
面接めんせつinterview (e.g. for a job)直接ちょくせつdirect応接おうせつreception (e.g. of visitors)間接かんせつindirection接近せっきんgetting closer接続せつぞくconnection接触せっしょくtouch密接みっせつclose (relationship, connection, etc.)接続詞せつぞくしconjunction
Source: JMdict entry 1385340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.