塞ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
塞
ふさ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
壅ぐ
閉ぐ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「塞ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		塞ぐ ふさぐ
Imperative (命令形) 塞げ ふさげ
Key constructions
Passive 塞がれる ふさがれる
Causative 塞がせる ふさがせる
Potential 塞げる ふさげる
Volitional 塞ごう ふさごー
Negative 塞がない ふさがない
Negative perfective 塞がなかった ふさがなかった
Formal 塞ぎます ふさぎます
Perfective 塞いだ ふさいだ
Conjunctive 塞いで ふさいで
Hypothetical conditional 塞げば ふさげば

Verb

塞(ふさ)ぐ • (fusagu) transitive godan (stem 塞(ふさ)ぎ (fusagi), past 塞(ふさ)いだ (fusaida))

Japanese verb pair
active 塞ぐ
mediopassive 塞がる
  1. close, shut up
  2. obstruct
    道(みち)を塞(ふさ)ぐ
    michi o fusagu
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    手(て)で口(くち)を塞(ふさ)ぐ
    te de kuchi o fusagu
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    耳(みみ)を塞(ふさ)ぐ
    mimi o fusagu
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  3. occupy
  4. satisfy, fulfill
  5. 鬱ぐ: to feel depressed, to mope

Conjugation

Conjugation of "塞ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 塞が ふさが fusaga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 塞ぎ ふさぎ fusagi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 塞ぐ ふさぐ fusagu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 塞ぐ ふさぐ fusagu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 塞げ ふさげ fusage
Meireikei ("imperative") 塞げ ふさげ fusage
Key constructions
Passive 塞がれる ふさがれる fusagareru
Causative 塞がせる
塞がす 		ふさがせる
ふさがす 		fusagaseru
fusagasu
Potential 塞げる ふさげる fusageru
Volitional 塞ごう ふさごう fusagō
Negative 塞がない ふさがない fusaganai
Negative continuative 塞がず ふさがず fusagazu
Formal 塞ぎます ふさぎます fusagimasu
Perfective 塞いだ ふさいだ fusaida
Conjunctive 塞いで ふさいで fusaide
Hypothetical conditional 塞げば ふさげば fusageba
Classical conjugation of "塞ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 塞が ふさが fusaga
Continuative (連用形) 塞ぎ ふさぎ fusagi
Terminal (終止形) 塞ぐ ふさぐ fusagu
Attributive (連体形) 塞ぐ ふさぐ fusagu
Realis (已然形) 塞げ ふさげ fusage
Imperative (命令形) 塞げ ふさげ fusage
Key constructions
Negative 塞がず ふさがず fusagazu
Contrasting conjunction 塞げど ふさげど fusagedo
Causal conjunction 塞げば ふさげば fusageba
Conditional conjunction 塞がば ふさがば fusagaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 塞ぎき ふさぎき fusagiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 塞ぎけり ふさぎけり fusagikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 塞ぎつ ふさぎつ fusagitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 塞ぎぬ ふさぎぬ fusaginu
Perfect-continuative tense 塞げり
塞ぎたり		 ふさげり
ふさぎたり		 fusageri
fusagitari
Volitional 塞がむ ふさがむ fusagamu
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