I Love Kanji防ぐ (fusegu)
防ぐ (ふせぐ, fusegu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to defend against; to protect against”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふせぐ
- Romaji
- fusegu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to defend against; to protect against · godan verb, transitive
- to prevent; to avert; to avoid · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 防ぐ
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 | 防ぐ | ふせぐ fusegu |
| Polite (~masu) | 防ぎます | ふせぎます fusegimasu |
| Negative | 防がない | ふせがない fuseganai |
| Polite negative | 防ぎません | ふせぎません fusegimasen |
| Past | 防いだ | ふせいだ fuseida |
| Polite past | 防ぎました | ふせぎました fusegimashita |
| Negative past | 防がなかった | ふせがなかった fuseganakatta |
| Te-form | 防いで | ふせいで fuseide |
| Potential | 防げる | ふせげる fusegeru |
| Passive | 防がれる | ふせがれる fusegareru |
| Causative | 防がせる | ふせがせる fusegaseru |
| Volitional | 防ごう | ふせごう fusegou |
| Imperative | 防げ | ふせげ fusege |
| Conditional (~ba) | 防げば | ふせげば fusegeba |
Kanji in 防ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 防ぐ.
消防しょうぼうfire fighting予防よぼうprevention防止ぼうしprevention防犯ぼうはんprevention of crime消防署しょうぼうしょfire station国防こくぼうnational defence堤防ていぼうbank防衛ぼうえいdefense防火ぼうかfire prevention
Source: JMdict entry 1520190 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.