I Love Kanji塞ぐ (fusagu)
塞ぐ (ふさぐ, fusagu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to stop up; to close up”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふさぐ
- Romaji
- fusagu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to stop up; to close up; to block (up); to plug up; to shut up · godan verb, transitive
- to stand in the way; to obstruct · godan verb, transitive
- to occupy; to fill up; to take up · godan verb, transitive
- to perform one's role; to do one's duty · godan verb, transitive
- to feel depressed; to be in low spirits; to mope · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 塞ぐ
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 | 塞ぐ | ふさぐ fusagu |
| Polite (~masu) | 塞ぎます | ふさぎます fusagimasu |
| Negative | 塞がない | ふさがない fusaganai |
| Polite negative | 塞ぎません | ふさぎません fusagimasen |
| Past | 塞いだ | ふさいだ fusaida |
| Polite past | 塞ぎました | ふさぎました fusagimashita |
| Negative past | 塞がなかった | ふさがなかった fusaganakatta |
| Te-form | 塞いで | ふさいで fusaide |
| Potential | 塞げる | ふさげる fusageru |
| Passive | 塞がれる | ふさがれる fusagareru |
| Causative | 塞がせる | ふさがせる fusagaseru |
| Volitional | 塞ごう | ふさごう fusagou |
| Imperative | 塞げ | ふさげ fusage |
| Conditional (~ba) | 塞げば | ふさげば fusageba |
Kanji in 塞ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 塞ぐ.
Source: JMdict entry 1602590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.