Vocab Info

N5 う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

泳(およ)ぐto swim

    Dictionary Definition

    1. う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

      1. 1.

        to swim

      2. 2.

        to struggle through (a crowd)

      3. 3.

        to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life)

      4. 4.

        to totter, to lose one's balance

    All Forms

    泳ぐ 【およぐ】、游ぐ 【およぐ】

    Details

      • お

      • よ

      • ぐ

    • Frequency

      Novels Top 2,900

    Examples

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    • 海(うみ)で泳(およ)ぐ。

      To swim in the ocean.

      • N5
    • 川(かわ)で魚(さかな)が泳(およ)いでいます。

      Fish are swimming in the river.

      • N5
    • 僕(ぼく)はプールで泳(およ)ぐより海(うみ)で泳(およ)ぐ方(ほう)が好(す)きです。

      I prefer swimming in the ocean to swimming in a pool.

      • N5
    • 泳(およ)ぐのが苦手(にがて)な人(ひと)は、海(うみ)で泳(およ)ぐことを避(さ)けた方(ほう)がいい。

      If you are not a good swimmer, you should not swim in the ocean.

      • N5
    • 私(わたし)は海(うみ)で泳(およ)ぐよりプールで泳(およ)ぐ方(ほう)が好(す)きです。

      I prefer swimming in a pool to swimming in the ocean.

      • N4
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