I Love Kanjiまごつく (magotsuku)
まごつく is a Japanese verb meaning “to be confused; to be flustered”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- まごつく
- Romaji
- magotsuku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss · godan verb, intransitive
- to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam · godan verb, intransitive · colloquial
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of まごつく
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | まごつく | まごつく magotsuku |
| Polite (~masu) | まごつきます | まごつきます magotsukimasu |
| Negative | まごつかない | まごつかない magotsukanai |
| Polite negative | まごつきません | まごつきません magotsukimasen |
| Past | まごついた | まごついた magotsuita |
| Polite past | まごつきました | まごつきました magotsukimashita |
| Negative past | まごつかなかった | まごつかなかった magotsukanakatta |
| Te-form | まごついて | まごついて magotsuite |
| Potential | まごつける | まごつける magotsukeru |
| Passive | まごつかれる | まごつかれる magotsukareru |
| Causative | まごつかせる | まごつかせる magotsukaseru |
| Volitional | まごつこう | まごつこう magotsukou |
| Imperative | まごつけ | まごつけ magotsuke |
| Conditional (~ba) | まごつけば | まごつけば magotsukeba |
Source: JMdict entry 1012100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.