JLPT N2 · Verb

扇ぐ (aogu)

扇ぐ (あおぐ, aogu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to fan”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
あおぐ
Romaji
aogu
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to fan · godan verb, transitive
  2. to incite; to instigate · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼はあおいで火をおこした。
He fanned the fire into flame.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 扇ぐ

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary扇ぐあおぐ aogu
Polite (~masu)扇ぎますあおぎます aogimasu
Negative扇がないあおがない aoganai
Polite negative扇ぎませんあおぎません aogimasen
Past扇いだあおいだ aoida
Polite past扇ぎましたあおぎました aogimashita
Negative past扇がなかったあおがなかった aoganakatta
Te-form扇いであおいで aoide
Potential扇げるあおげる aogeru
Passive扇がれるあおがれる aogareru
Causative扇がせるあおがせる aogaseru
Volitional扇ごうあおごう aogou
Imperative扇げあおげ aoge
Conditional (~ba)扇げばあおげば aogeba

Kanji in 扇ぐ

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 扇ぐ.

Source: JMdict entry 1609000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.