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こぐ
verb (godan)
to row; to pedal
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present()()がない
Present polite()ぎます()ぎません
Past()いだ()がなかった
Past polite()ぎました()ぎませんでした
て form()いで()がなくて
ている present()いでいる()いでいない
ている polite()いでいます()いでいません
ている past()いでいた()いでいなかった
ている past polite()いでいました()いでいませんでした
Conditional ば()げば()がなければ
Conditional たら()いだら()がなかったら
Volitional()ごう
Volitional polite()ぎましょう
Potential()げる()げない
Passive()がれる()がれない
Causative()がせる()がせない
Imperative()()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 rowed the oars to go upstream.
There was a student nodding off during class.
(ふね)()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.

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

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

PARTICLE PATTERNS:

  • [boat]()ぐ — to row [boat]
  • [bicycle]()ぐ — to pedal [bicycle]

COMMON PATTERNS:

IDIOMATIC:
(ふね)()ぐ when describing someone's head nodding while dozing (head moves like rowing motion).

OFTEN IN HIRAGANA:
This verb is frequently written as こぐ.