削ぐ
そぐ · sogu
To chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off
- to sharpen
- to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 削ぎますそぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 削ぎませんそぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 削ぎましたそぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 削ぎませんでしたそぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 削ぎましょうそぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 削ぎそぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 削ぎたいそぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 削ぎながらそぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 削いでそいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 削いだそいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 削いだらそいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 削いでいるそいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 削がないそがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 削がなかったそがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 削がなくてそがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 削げるそげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 削げばそげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 削げそげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 削ごうそごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 削がれるそがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 削がせるそがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 削がされるそがされる |
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What does 削ぐ mean?
To chip (off), to shave off, to slice off, to cut off. It can also mean: to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.), to reduce, to diminish, to weaken, to spoil.
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そぐ (sogu). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.
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