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拭う

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
拭
ぬぐ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From the classical yodan verb 拭(のご)ふ (nogofu).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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拭(ぬぐ)う • (nuguu) ←ぬぐふ (nugufu)?transitive godan (stem 拭(ぬぐ)い (nugui), past 拭(ぬぐ)った (nugutta))

  1. to wipe
    汗(あせ)を拭(ぬぐ)う
    ase o nuguu
    wipe away sweat
  2. eliminate, get rid of
    悩(なや)みを拭(ぬぐ)う
    nayami o nuguu
    cast away one's concerns

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "拭う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 拭わ ぬぐわ nuguwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 拭い ぬぐい nugui
Shūshikei ("terminal") 拭う ぬぐう nuguu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 拭う ぬぐう nuguu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 拭え ぬぐえ nugue
Meireikei ("imperative") 拭え ぬぐえ nugue
Key constructions
Passive 拭われる ぬぐわれる nuguwareru
Causative 拭わせる
拭わす 		ぬぐわせる
ぬぐわす 		nuguwaseru
nuguwasu
Potential 拭える ぬぐえる nugueru
Volitional 拭おう ぬぐおう nuguō
Negative 拭わない ぬぐわない nuguwanai
Negative continuative 拭わず ぬぐわず nuguwazu
Formal 拭います ぬぐいます nuguimasu
Perfective 拭った ぬぐった nugutta
Conjunctive 拭って ぬぐって nugutte
Hypothetical conditional 拭えば ぬぐえば nugueba

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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