I Love Kanji泳ぐ (oyogu)
泳ぐ (およぐ, oyogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to swim”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- およぐ
- Romaji
- oyogu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to swim · godan verb, intransitive
- to struggle through (a crowd) · godan verb, intransitive
- to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life) · godan verb, intransitive
- to totter; to lose one's balance · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 泳ぐ
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 | 泳ぐ | およぐ oyogu |
| Polite (~masu) | 泳ぎます | およぎます oyogimasu |
| Negative | 泳がない | およがない oyoganai |
| Polite negative | 泳ぎません | およぎません oyogimasen |
| Past | 泳いだ | およいだ oyoida |
| Polite past | 泳ぎました | およぎました oyogimashita |
| Negative past | 泳がなかった | およがなかった oyoganakatta |
| Te-form | 泳いで | およいで oyoide |
| Potential | 泳げる | およげる oyogeru |
| Passive | 泳がれる | およがれる oyogareru |
| Causative | 泳がせる | およがせる oyogaseru |
| Volitional | 泳ごう | およごう oyogou |
| Imperative | 泳げ | およげ oyoge |
| Conditional (~ba) | 泳げば | およげば oyogeba |
Kanji in 泳ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 泳ぐ.
Source: JMdict entry 1174340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.