嗅ぐ
かぐ · kagu
To sniff, to smell
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 嗅ぎますかぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 嗅ぎませんかぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 嗅ぎましたかぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 嗅ぎませんでしたかぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 嗅ぎましょうかぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 嗅ぎかぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 嗅ぎたいかぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 嗅ぎながらかぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 嗅いでかいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 嗅いだかいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 嗅いだらかいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 嗅いでいるかいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 嗅がないかがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 嗅がなかったかがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 嗅がなくてかがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 嗅げるかげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 嗅げばかげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 嗅げかげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 嗅ごうかごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 嗅がれるかがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 嗅がせるかがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 嗅がされるかがされる |
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What does 嗅ぐ mean?
To sniff, to smell.
How do you pronounce 嗅ぐ?
かぐ (kagu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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