担ぐ
かつぐ · katsugu
To shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder
- to nominate for a position, to choose as a representative
- to take (someone) for a ride, to deceive, to take in
- to be caught up in superstition
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falls after mora 2 · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
お神輿を担ぐと、汗がたくさん出る。
おみこしをかつぐと、あせがたくさんでる。
When you carry a portable shrine, you sweat a lot.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 担ぎますかつぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 担ぎませんかつぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 担ぎましたかつぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 担ぎませんでしたかつぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 担ぎましょうかつぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 担ぎかつぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 担ぎたいかつぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 担ぎながらかつぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 担いでかついで |
| Plain past (た形) | 担いだかついだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 担いだらかついだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 担いでいるかついでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 担がないかつがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 担がなかったかつがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 担がなくてかつがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 担げるかつげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 担げばかつげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 担げかつげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 担ごうかつごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 担がれるかつがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 担がせるかつがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 担がされるかつがされる |
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What does 担ぐ mean?
To shoulder, to carry on one's shoulder. It can also mean: to nominate for a position, to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride, to deceive, to take in; to be caught up in superstition.
How do you pronounce 担ぐ?
かつぐ (katsugu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 担ぐ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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