Vocab Info

N5 う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

(およ)to swim

    Dictionary Definition

    Common

    1. う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

      1.

      to swim

    2. う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

      2.

      to struggle through (a crowd)

    3. う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

      3.

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

    4. う-verb (ぐ), Intransitive verb

      4.

      to totter, to lose one's balance

    All Forms

    泳ぐ 【およぐ】游ぐ 【およぐ】

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

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    Examples

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      (うみ)(およ)

      To swim in the ocean.

      • N5

      (かわ)(さかな)(およ)いでいます。

      Fish are swimming in the river.

      • N5

      (ぼく)はプールで(およ)より(うみ)(およ)(ほう)()きです。

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

      • N5

      (およ)のが苦手(にがて)(ひと)は、(うみ)(およ)ことを()けた(ほう)がいい。

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

      • N5

      (わたし)(うみ)(およ)よりプール(およ)(ほう)()です。

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

      • N4
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