雪ぐ
そそぐ
verb (godan)
to wipe out (a disgrace); to avenge; to clear (one's name)
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 雪ぐ | 雪がない |
| Present polite | 雪ぎます | 雪ぎません |
| Past | 雪いだ | 雪がなかった |
| Past polite | 雪ぎました | 雪ぎませんでした |
| て form | 雪いで | 雪がなくて |
| ている present | 雪いでいる | 雪いでいない |
| ている polite | 雪いでいます | 雪いでいません |
| ている past | 雪いでいた | 雪いでいなかった |
| ている past polite | 雪いでいました | 雪いでいませんでした |
| Conditional ば | 雪げば | 雪がなければ |
| Conditional たら | 雪いだら | 雪がなかったら |
| Volitional | 雪ごう | — |
| Volitional polite | 雪ぎましょう | — |
| Potential | 雪げる | 雪げない |
| Passive | 雪がれる | 雪がれない |
| Causative | 雪がせる | 雪がせない |
| Imperative | 雪げ | 雪ぐな |
1.
to wipe out (a disgrace); to avenge; to clear (one's name)
To remove or make up for a disgrace, dishonor, or humiliating defeat, typically by achieving a later success or victory. A formal, somewhat literary word, most often used with objects such as 恥 (shame) or 汚名 (a bad name).
A formal, literary verb meaning to erase a disgrace by a subsequent achievement.
Transitivity
Transitive; the thing wiped out (a disgrace, defeat, or bad reputation) takes を.
Common collocations
- 恥を雪ぐ: to wipe out one's shame
- 汚名を雪ぐ: to clear one's tarnished name
- 雪辱を果たす: to achieve one's revenge (the related noun 雪辱 is far more common in everyday speech)
Usage
The kanji 雪ぐ is also read すすぐ, which more usually means "to rinse" (also written 濯ぐ). In the "wipe out a disgrace" sense, the reading そそぐ is standard. Note this word is distinct from 注ぐ (to pour), a homophone.