I Love Kanji急ぐ (isogu)
急ぐ (いそぐ, isogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to hurry; to rush”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- いそぐ
- Romaji
- isogu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner · godan verb, intransitive, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 急ぐ
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 | 急ぐ | いそぐ isogu |
| Polite (~masu) | 急ぎます | いそぎます isogimasu |
| Negative | 急がない | いそがない isoganai |
| Polite negative | 急ぎません | いそぎません isogimasen |
| Past | 急いだ | いそいだ isoida |
| Polite past | 急ぎました | いそぎました isogimashita |
| Negative past | 急がなかった | いそがなかった isoganakatta |
| Te-form | 急いで | いそいで isoide |
| Potential | 急げる | いそげる isogeru |
| Passive | 急がれる | いそがれる isogareru |
| Causative | 急がせる | いそがせる isogaseru |
| Volitional | 急ごう | いそごう isogou |
| Imperative | 急げ | いそげ isoge |
| Conditional (~ba) | 急げば | いそげば isogeba |
Kanji in 急ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 急ぐ.
急きゅうsudden急行きゅうこうhurrying (to somewhere)特急とっきゅうlimited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required)至急しきゅうurgent急激きゅうげきsudden急速きゅうそくrapid (e.g. progress)急にきゅうにswiftly応急おうきゅうemergency fix緊急きんきゅうurgency準急じゅんきゅうsemi-express train早急そうきゅうimmediate早急さっきゅうimmediate急かすせかすto hurry (up)
Source: JMdict entry 1228650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.