防ぐ
ふせぐ · fusegu
To defend against, to protect against
- to prevent, to avert, to avoid
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 防ぎますふせぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 防ぎませんふせぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 防ぎましたふせぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 防ぎませんでしたふせぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 防ぎましょうふせぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 防ぎふせぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 防ぎたいふせぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 防ぎながらふせぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 防いでふせいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 防いだふせいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 防いだらふせいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 防いでいるふせいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 防がないふせがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 防がなかったふせがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 防がなくてふせがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 防げるふせげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 防げばふせげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 防げふせげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 防ごうふせごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 防がれるふせがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 防がせるふせがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 防がされるふせがされる |
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What does 防ぐ mean?
To defend against, to protect against. It can also mean: to prevent, to avert, to avoid.
How do you pronounce 防ぐ?
ふせぐ (fusegu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 防ぐ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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