防ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
防
ふせ
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
禦ぐ
拒ぐ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「防ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		防ぐ ふせぐ
Imperative (命令形) 防げ ふせげ
Key constructions
Passive 防がれる ふせがれる
Causative 防がせる ふせがせる
Potential 防げる ふせげる
Volitional 防ごう ふせごー
Negative 防がない ふせがない
Negative perfective 防がなかった ふせがなかった
Formal 防ぎます ふせぎます
Perfective 防いだ ふせいだ
Conjunctive 防いで ふせいで
Hypothetical conditional 防げば ふせげば

Verb

防(ふせ)ぐ • (fusegu) transitive godan (stem 防(ふせ)ぎ (fusegi), past 防(ふせ)いだ (fuseida))

  1. defend (against); prevent (something)
    攻(せ)めを防(ふせ)ぐ
    seme o fusegu
    defend against an attack

Conjugation

Conjugation of "防ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 防が ふせが fusega
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 防ぎ ふせぎ fusegi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 防ぐ ふせぐ fusegu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 防ぐ ふせぐ fusegu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 防げ ふせげ fusege
Meireikei ("imperative") 防げ ふせげ fusege
Key constructions
Passive 防がれる ふせがれる fusegareru
Causative 防がせる
防がす 		ふせがせる
ふせがす 		fusegaseru
fusegasu
Potential 防げる ふせげる fusegeru
Volitional 防ごう ふせごう fusegō
Negative 防がない ふせがない fuseganai
Negative continuative 防がず ふせがず fusegazu
Formal 防ぎます ふせぎます fusegimasu
Perfective 防いだ ふせいだ fuseida
Conjunctive 防いで ふせいで fuseide
Hypothetical conditional 防げば ふせげば fusegeba

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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