擽る
くすぐる · kusuguru
To tickle
- to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.), to arouse, to appeal to, to flatter
- to make (someone) laugh, to amuse, to entertain
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 擽りますくすぐります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 擽りませんくすぐりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 擽りましたくすぐりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 擽りませんでしたくすぐりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 擽りましょうくすぐりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 擽りくすぐり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 擽りたいくすぐりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 擽りながらくすぐりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 擽ってくすぐって |
| Plain past (た形) | 擽ったくすぐった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 擽ったらくすぐったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 擽っているくすぐっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 擽らないくすぐらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 擽らなかったくすぐらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 擽らなくてくすぐらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 擽れるくすぐれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 擽ればくすぐれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 擽れくすぐれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 擽ろうくすぐろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 擽られるくすぐられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 擽らせるくすぐらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 擽らされるくすぐらされる |
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What does 擽る mean?
To tickle. It can also mean: to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.), to arouse, to appeal to, to flatter; to make (someone) laugh, to amuse, to entertain.
How do you pronounce 擽る?
くすぐる (kusuguru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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