I Love Kanji注ぐ (sosogu)
注ぐ (そそぐ, sosogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pour (into)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- そそぐ
- Romaji
- sosogu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to pour (into) · godan verb, transitive
- to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to pour onto; to spray · godan verb, transitive
- to shed (tears) · godan verb, transitive · as 涙を〜
- to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to fix (one's eyes) on · godan verb, transitive
- to flow into (e.g. of a river); to run into; to drain into · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
私はビニール袋にワインを注ぎ、それからそれを氷水に付けた。
I poured the wine in a plastic bag and then dipped it in ice water.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 注ぐ
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 | 注ぐ | そそぐ sosogu |
| Polite (~masu) | 注ぎます | そそぎます sosogimasu |
| Negative | 注がない | そそがない sosoganai |
| Polite negative | 注ぎません | そそぎません sosogimasen |
| Past | 注いだ | そそいだ sosoida |
| Polite past | 注ぎました | そそぎました sosogimashita |
| Negative past | 注がなかった | そそがなかった sosoganakatta |
| Te-form | 注いで | そそいで sosoide |
| Potential | 注げる | そそげる sosogeru |
| Passive | 注がれる | そそがれる sosogareru |
| Causative | 注がせる | そそがせる sosogaseru |
| Volitional | 注ごう | そそごう sosogou |
| Imperative | 注げ | そそげ sosoge |
| Conditional (~ba) | 注げば | そそげば sosogeba |
Kanji in 注ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 注ぐ.
Source: JMdict entry 1581730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.