鬩ぐ
せめぐ · semegu
To be mutually bitter, to argue together, to quarrel
- to resent and bemoan
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 鬩ぎますせめぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 鬩ぎませんせめぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 鬩ぎましたせめぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 鬩ぎませんでしたせめぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 鬩ぎましょうせめぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 鬩ぎせめぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 鬩ぎたいせめぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 鬩ぎながらせめぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 鬩いでせめいで |
| Plain past (た形) | 鬩いだせめいだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 鬩いだらせめいだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 鬩いでいるせめいでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 鬩がないせめがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 鬩がなかったせめがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 鬩がなくてせめがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 鬩げるせめげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 鬩げばせめげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 鬩げせめげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 鬩ごうせめごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 鬩がれるせめがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 鬩がせるせめがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 鬩がされるせめがされる |
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What does 鬩ぐ mean?
To be mutually bitter, to argue together, to quarrel. It can also mean: to resent and bemoan.
How do you pronounce 鬩ぐ?
せめぐ (semegu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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