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拭う
拭う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 拭 |
|
ぬぐ Grade: S |
| kun'yomi |
Verb
拭う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ぬぐう, romaji nuguu)
- to wipe
- 汗を拭う
- ase o nuguu
- wipe away sweat
- 汗を拭う
- eliminate, get rid of
- 悩みを拭う
- nayami o nuguu
- cast away one's concerns
- 悩みを拭う
Conjugation
Conjugation of "拭う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 拭わ | ぬぐわ | nuguwa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 拭い | ぬぐい | nugui |
| Terminal (終止形) | 拭う | ぬぐう | nuguu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 拭う | ぬぐう | nuguu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 拭え | ぬぐえ | nugue |
| Imperative (命令形) | 拭え | ぬぐえ | nugue |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 拭われる | ぬぐわれる | nuguwareru |
| Causative | 拭わせる 拭わす |
ぬぐわせる ぬぐわす |
nuguwaseru nuguwasu |
| Potential | 拭える | ぬぐえる | nugueru |
| Volitional | 拭おう | ぬぐおう | nuguō |
| Negative | 拭わない | ぬぐわない | nuguwanai |
| Negative continuative | 拭わず | ぬぐわず | nuguwazu |
| Formal | 拭います | ぬぐいます | nuguimasu |
| Perfective | 拭った | ぬぐった | nugutta |
| Conjunctive | 拭って | ぬぐって | nugutte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 拭えば | ぬぐえば | nugueba |