JLPT N4 · Verb

騒ぐ (sawagu)

騒ぐ (さわぐ, sawagu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to make noise; to make racket”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: さわぐ
Romaji: sawagu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy · godan verb, intransitive
to rustle; to swoosh · godan verb, intransitive
to make merry · godan verb, intransitive
to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss · godan verb, intransitive
to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は子供たちにそんなにさわがないようにと言った。

He told his children not to make so much noise.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 騒ぐ

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	騒ぐ	さわぐ sawagu
Polite (~masu)	騒ぎます	さわぎます sawagimasu
Negative	騒がない	さわがない sawaganai
Polite negative	騒ぎません	さわぎません sawagimasen
Past	騒いだ	さわいだ sawaida
Polite past	騒ぎました	さわぎました sawagimashita
Negative past	騒がなかった	さわがなかった sawaganakatta
Te-form	騒いで	さわいで sawaide
Potential	騒げる	さわげる sawageru
Passive	騒がれる	さわがれる sawagareru
Causative	騒がせる	さわがせる sawagaseru
Volitional	騒ごう	さわごう sawagou
Imperative	騒げ	さわげ sawage
Conditional (~ba)	騒げば	さわげば sawageba

Kanji in 騒ぐ

騒

boisterous, make noise, clamorソウ・さわ.ぐ・うれい · 18 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 騒ぐ.

騒ぎさわぎuproar騒音そうおんnoise物騒ぶっそうdangerous騒がしいさわがしいnoisy騒々しいそうぞうしいnoisy騒動そうどうriot

Source: JMdict entry 1403040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.