I Love Kanji稼ぐ (kasegu)
稼ぐ (かせぐ, kasegu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to earn (income); to make (money)”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かせぐ
- Romaji
- kasegu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to earn (income); to make (money) · godan verb, transitive
- to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time) · godan verb, transitive
- to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 稼ぐ
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 | 稼ぐ | かせぐ kasegu |
| Polite (~masu) | 稼ぎます | かせぎます kasegimasu |
| Negative | 稼がない | かせがない kaseganai |
| Polite negative | 稼ぎません | かせぎません kasegimasen |
| Past | 稼いだ | かせいだ kaseida |
| Polite past | 稼ぎました | かせぎました kasegimashita |
| Negative past | 稼がなかった | かせがなかった kaseganakatta |
| Te-form | 稼いで | かせいで kaseide |
| Potential | 稼げる | かせげる kasegeru |
| Passive | 稼がれる | かせがれる kasegareru |
| Causative | 稼がせる | かせがせる kasegaseru |
| Volitional | 稼ごう | かせごう kasegou |
| Imperative | 稼げ | かせげ kasege |
| Conditional (~ba) | 稼げば | かせげば kasegeba |
Kanji in 稼ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 稼ぐ.
Source: JMdict entry 1194450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.