JLPT N3 · Verb

注ぐ (tsugu)

注ぐ (つぐ, tsugu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つぐ
Romaji: tsugu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to pour (into a vessel); to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with; to dish out (food or drink) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

「コーヒーのお替わりいる？」「うん、ぼくのは少なめ、弟のには多めについでね」

"Do you want another cup of coffee?" "Sure, make mine on the small side but be generous with my brother's."

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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	つぐ tsugu
Polite (~masu)	注ぎます	つぎます tsugimasu
Negative	注がない	つがない tsuganai
Polite negative	注ぎません	つぎません tsugimasen
Past	注いだ	ついだ tsuida
Polite past	注ぎました	つぎました tsugimashita
Negative past	注がなかった	つがなかった tsuganakatta
Te-form	注いで	ついで tsuide
Potential	注げる	つげる tsugeru
Passive	注がれる	つがれる tsugareru
Causative	注がせる	つがせる tsugaseru
Volitional	注ごう	つごう tsugou
Imperative	注げ	つげ tsuge
Conditional (~ba)	注げば	つげば tsugeba

Kanji in 注ぐ

注

pour, irrigate, shed (tears)チュウ・そそ.ぐ・さ.す · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 注ぐ.

注意ちゅういattention注射ちゅうしゃinjection注ちゅうannotation注すさすto pour注目ちゅうもくnotice注文ちゅうもんorder (for an item)

Source: JMdict entry 2145240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.