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こぐ
verb (godan)
to row; to pedal
他動詞 transitiveaction
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.

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.