研ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
研
と
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
硏ぐ (kyūjitai)
磨ぐ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "研ぐ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		研ぐ と​ぐ
Imperative (命令形) 研げ と​げ
Key constructions
Passive 研がれる とがれ​る
Causative 研がせる とがせ​る
Potential 研げる とげ​る
Volitional 研ごう とご​ー
Negative 研がない とが​ない
Negative perfective 研がなかった とが​なかった
Formal 研ぎます とぎま​す
Perfective 研いだ と​いだ
Conjunctive 研いで と​いで
Hypothetical conditional 研げば と​げば

Verb

研(と)ぐ • (togu) transitive godan (stem 研(と)ぎ (togi), past 研(と)いだ (toida))

  1. sharpen, whet an ax or knife
  2. wash rice
  3. polish, clean a surface

Conjugation

Conjugation of "研ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 研が とが toga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 研ぎ とぎ togi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 研ぐ とぐ togu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 研ぐ とぐ togu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 研げ とげ toge
Meireikei ("imperative") 研げ とげ toge
Key constructions
Passive 研がれる とがれる togareru
Causative 研がせる
研がす 		とがせる
とがす 		togaseru
togasu
Potential 研げる とげる togeru
Volitional 研ごう とごう togō
Negative 研がない とがない toganai
Negative continuative 研がず とがず togazu
Formal 研ぎます とぎます togimasu
Perfective 研いだ といだ toida
Conjunctive 研いで といで toide
Hypothetical conditional 研げば とげば togeba
Classical conjugation of "研ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 研が とが toga
Continuative (連用形) 研ぎ とぎ togi
Terminal (終止形) 研ぐ とぐ togu
Attributive (連体形) 研ぐ とぐ togu
Realis (已然形) 研げ とげ toge
Imperative (命令形) 研げ とげ toge
Key constructions
Negative 研がず とがず togazu
Contrasting conjunction 研げど とげど togedo
Causal conjunction 研げば とげば togeba
Conditional conjunction 研がば とがば togaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 研ぎき とぎき togiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 研ぎけり とぎけり togikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 研ぎつ とぎつ togitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 研ぎぬ とぎぬ toginu
Perfect-continuative tense 研げり
研ぎたり		 とげり
とぎたり		 togeri
togitari
Volitional 研がむ とがむ togamu
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