注ぐ
そそぐ · sosogu
To pour (into)
- to sprinkle on (from above), to water (e.g. plants), to pour onto, to spray
- to shed (tears)
- to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on, to devote to, to fix (one's eyes) on
- to pour (into a vessel), to fill (a cup, bowl, etc.) with, to dish out (food or drink)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 注ぎますそそぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 注ぎませんそそぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 注ぎましたそそぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 注ぎませんでしたそそぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 注ぎましょうそそぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 注ぎそそぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 注ぎたいそそぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 注ぎながらそそぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 注いでそそいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 注いだそそいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 注いだらそそいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 注いでいるそそいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 注がないそそがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 注がなかったそそがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 注がなくてそそがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 注げるそそげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 注げばそそげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 注げそそげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 注ごうそそごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 注がれるそそがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 注がせるそそがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 注がされるそそがされる |
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What does 注ぐ mean?
To pour (into). It can also mean: to sprinkle on (from above), to water (e.g. plants), to pour onto, to spray; to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on, to devote to, to fix (one's eyes) on.
How do you pronounce 注ぐ?
そそぐ (sosogu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 注ぐ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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