殺ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
殺
そ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
殺ぐ (kyūjitai)

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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