泳ぐ
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term |
| 泳 |
Verb[edit]
泳ぐ (transitive and intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana およぐ, romaji oyogu)
- to swim
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of "泳ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 泳が | およが | oyoga |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continuative (連用形) | 泳ぎ | およぎ | oyogi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 泳ぐ | およぐ | oyogu | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 泳ぐ | およぐ | oyogu | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 泳げ | およげ | oyoge | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 泳げ | およげ | oyoge | |
| Key constructions | Passive | 泳がれる | およがれる | oyogareru |
| Causative | 泳がせる 泳がす |
およがせる およがす |
oyogaseru oyogasu |
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| Potential | 泳げる | およげる | oyogeru | |
| Volitional | 泳ごう | およごう | oyogō | |
| Negative | 泳がない | およがない | oyoganai | |
| Negative continuative | 泳がず | およがず | oyogazu | |
| Formal | 泳ぎます | およぎます | oyogimasu | |
| Perfective | 泳いだ | およいだ | oyoida | |
| Conjunctive | 泳いで | およいで | oyoide | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 泳げば | およげば | oyogeba | |
Related terms[edit]
- 蛙泳ぎ (かえるおよぎ, kaeruoyogi): breaststroke.
- 平泳ぎ (ひらおよぎ, hiraoyogi): breaststroke.
- 背泳ぎ (せおよぎ, seoyogi): backstroke.
- 横泳ぎ (よこおよぎ, yokooyogi): sidestroke.
- 立ち泳ぎ, 立泳ぎ (たちおよぎ, tachioyogi): treading water.
Idioms[edit]
- 泳げる様になる (およげるようになる, oyogeru yō ni naru)
- 時流に乗って泳ぐ (じりゅうにのっておよぐ, jiryū ni notte oyogu): to go with the flow (metaphor). Note that 時流 (じりゅう, jiryū) means fashion or trend, and thus this phrase does not mean to literally "swim with the current" as in a river.
- 人波を泳ぐ (ひとなみをおよぐ, hitonami o oyogu): to wade through a crowd.