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ぐろ

guro

verb 命令形

is the command form of ぐる — to reel, to wind, to spin (thread).

  • to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia)
  • to count (e.g. the days)
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How it’s built

ぐる ぐろ

Command form (). A blunt order: 書け! (Write!). Rude in normal conversation — you will see it in manga, signs, sports and set phrases.

ぐる is a godan verb (u-verb), so it follows that pattern.

Name that form

Three more forms of . Can you tell what each one is?

Every form of

Polite ぐります
Polite negative ぐりません
Polite past ぐりました
Polite past negative ぐりませんでした
Let us ~ ぐりましょう
Masu-stem ぐり
Want to ~ ぐりたい
While ~ing ぐりながら
Te-form ぐって
Plain past ぐった
Tara-conditional ぐったら
Progressive ぐっている
Plain negative ぐらない
Plain past negative ぐらなかった
Negative te-form ぐらなくて
Potential ぐれる
Ba-conditional ぐれば
Imperative ぐれ
Volitional ぐろう
Passive ぐられる
Causative ぐらせる
Causative-passive ぐらされる

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In real sentences

Cats groom themselves.

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Other forms and spellings

クルこよこようこよっこよふぐれくりゃぐりゃくろくろっくろふぐろっぐろふくらくるくり
command form of ぐる