漕(こ)ぐ

こぐ
verb (godan)
to row; to pedal
他動詞 transitiveaction
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present漕(こ)ぐ漕(こ)がない
Present polite漕(こ)ぎます漕(こ)ぎません
Past漕(こ)いだ漕(こ)がなかった
Past polite漕(こ)ぎました漕(こ)ぎませんでした
て form漕(こ)いで漕(こ)がなくて
ている present漕(こ)いでいる漕(こ)いでいない
ている polite漕(こ)いでいます漕(こ)いでいません
ている past漕(こ)いでいた漕(こ)いでいなかった
ている past polite漕(こ)いでいました漕(こ)いでいませんでした
Conditional ば漕(こ)げば漕(こ)がなければ
Conditional たら漕(こ)いだら漕(こ)がなかったら
Volitional漕(こ)ごう—
Volitional polite漕(こ)ぎましょう—
Potential漕(こ)げる漕(こ)げない
Passive漕(こ)がれる漕(こ)がれない
Causative漕(こ)がせる漕(こ)がせない
Imperative漕(こ)げ漕(こ)ぐな
1. to row; to paddle
To propel a boat through water using oars or paddles.
I rowed a boat on the lake.
I pulled on the oars to go upstream.
There was a student nodding off during class.
舟(ふね)を漕(こ)ぐ is an idiom for dozing off, from the head-nodding motion resembling rowing.
2. to pedal
To operate a bicycle or swing by moving one's legs.
The child is swinging on the swing.
Pedaling the bicycle into the headwind was tough.

漕(こ)ぐ is a transitive verb (他動詞(たどうし)) used for rowing boats or pedaling bicycles/swings.

ASPECT (ている):
漕(こ)いでいる indicates rowing or pedaling is ongoing.

Common patterns

Common expressions

船(ふね)を漕(こ)ぐ when describing someone's head nodding while dozing (head moves like rowing motion).

Writing

This verb is frequently written as こぐ.