I Love Kanjiもがく (mogaku)
もがく is a Japanese verb meaning “to struggle; to writhe”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- もがく
- Romaji
- mogaku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to squirm · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
- to act frantically; to make desperate efforts · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of もがく
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 | もがく | もがく mogaku |
| Polite (~masu) | もがきます | もがきます mogakimasu |
| Negative | もがかない | もがかない mogakanai |
| Polite negative | もがきません | もがきません mogakimasen |
| Past | もがいた | もがいた mogaita |
| Polite past | もがきました | もがきました mogakimashita |
| Negative past | もがかなかった | もがかなかった mogakanakatta |
| Te-form | もがいて | もがいて mogaite |
| Potential | もがける | もがける mogakeru |
| Passive | もがかれる | もがかれる mogakareru |
| Causative | もがかせる | もがかせる mogakaseru |
| Volitional | もがこう | もがこう mogakou |
| Imperative | もがけ | もがけ mogake |
| Conditional (~ba) | もがけば | もがけば mogakeba |
Source: JMdict entry 1012490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.