削ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
削
そ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「削ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		削ぐ そぐ
Imperative (命令形) 削げ そげ
Key constructions
Passive 削がれる そがれる
Causative 削がせる そがせる
Potential 削げる そげる
Volitional 削ごう そごー
Negative 削がない そがない
Negative perfective 削がなかった そがなかった
Formal 削ぎます そぎます
Perfective 削いだ そいだ
Conjunctive 削いで そいで
Hypothetical conditional 削げば そげば

Verb

削(そ)ぐ • (sogu) transitive godan (stem 削(そ)ぎ (sogi), past 削(そ)いだ (soida))

  1. to slice off, to chip off
  2. (figurative) to weaken, to dampen, to thin down

Conjugation

Conjugation of "削ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 削が そが soga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 削ぎ そぎ sogi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 削ぐ そぐ sogu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 削ぐ そぐ sogu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 削げ そげ soge
Meireikei ("imperative") 削げ そげ soge
Key constructions
Passive 削がれる そがれる sogareru
Causative 削がせる
削がす 		そがせる
そがす 		sogaseru
sogasu
Potential 削げる そげる sogeru
Volitional 削ごう そごう sogō
Negative 削がない そがない soganai
Negative continuative 削がず そがず sogazu
Formal 削ぎます そぎます sogimasu
Perfective 削いだ そいだ soida
Conjunctive 削いで そいで soide
Hypothetical conditional 削げば そげば sogeba
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