I Love Kanjiまたぐ (matagu)
またぐ is a Japanese verb meaning “to step over; to step across”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- またぐ
- Romaji
- matagu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stride across; to cross · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to stretch over; to span; to bridge; to saddle; to straddle · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of またぐ
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 | またぐ | またぐ matagu |
| Polite (~masu) | またぎます | またぎます matagimasu |
| Negative | またがない | またがない mataganai |
| Polite negative | またぎません | またぎません matagimasen |
| Past | またいだ | またいだ mataida |
| Polite past | またぎました | またぎました matagimashita |
| Negative past | またがなかった | またがなかった mataganakatta |
| Te-form | またいで | またいで mataide |
| Potential | またげる | またげる matageru |
| Passive | またがれる | またがれる matagareru |
| Causative | またがせる | またがせる matagaseru |
| Volitional | またごう | またごう matagou |
| Imperative | またげ | またげ matage |
| Conditional (~ba) | またげば | またげば matageba |
Source: JMdict entry 1267830 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.