JLPT N5 · Verb

脱ぐ (nugu)

脱ぐ (ぬぐ, nugu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ぬぐ
Romaji: nugu
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

ここで靴を脱がなければなりませんか。

Do I have to take off my shoes here?

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

Conjugation of 脱ぐ

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	脱ぐ	ぬぐ nugu
Polite (~masu)	脱ぎます	ぬぎます nugimasu
Negative	脱がない	ぬがない nuganai
Polite negative	脱ぎません	ぬぎません nugimasen
Past	脱いだ	ぬいだ nuida
Polite past	脱ぎました	ぬぎました nugimashita
Negative past	脱がなかった	ぬがなかった nuganakatta
Te-form	脱いで	ぬいで nuide
Potential	脱げる	ぬげる nugeru
Passive	脱がれる	ぬがれる nugareru
Causative	脱がせる	ぬがせる nugaseru
Volitional	脱ごう	ぬごう nugou
Imperative	脱げ	ぬげ nuge
Conditional (~ba)	脱げば	ぬげば nugeba

Kanji in 脱ぐ

脱

undress, removing, escape fromダツ・ぬ.ぐ・ぬ.げる · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 脱ぐ.

脱線だっせんderailment脱出だっしゅつescape脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)

Source: JMdict entry 1416400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.