稼ぐ
かせぐ · kasegu
To earn (income), to make (money)
- to score (points, victory), to gain (time), to play (for time)
- to work hard (at one's job), to labor, to labour, to toil
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 稼ぎますかせぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 稼ぎませんかせぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 稼ぎましたかせぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 稼ぎませんでしたかせぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 稼ぎましょうかせぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 稼ぎかせぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 稼ぎたいかせぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 稼ぎながらかせぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 稼いでかせいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 稼いだかせいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 稼いだらかせいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 稼いでいるかせいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 稼がないかせがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 稼がなかったかせがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 稼がなくてかせがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 稼げるかせげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 稼げばかせげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 稼げかせげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 稼ごうかせごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 稼がれるかせがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 稼がせるかせがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 稼がされるかせがされる |
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What does 稼ぐ mean?
To earn (income), to make (money). It can also mean: to score (points, victory), to gain (time), to play (for time); to work hard (at one's job), to labor, to labour, to toil.
How do you pronounce 稼ぐ?
かせぐ (kasegu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 稼ぐ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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