急ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

急

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese. Derivation unknown. Related to いそいそ (isoiso), possibly also related to 勇む (isamu).

Verb

急ぐ (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いそぐ, romaji isogu)

1. to hasten or to rush, in order to get something done or to get somewhere

急ぐ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いそぐ, romaji isogu)

1. to prepare or expedite something

Conjugation

Conjugation of "急ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	急が	いそが	isoga
	Continuative (連用形)	急ぎ	いそぎ	isogi
	Terminal (終止形)	急ぐ	いそぐ	isogu
	Attributive (連体形)	急ぐ	いそぐ	isogu
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	急げ	いそげ	isoge
	Imperative (命令形)	急げ	いそげ	isoge
Key constructions	Passive	急がれる	いそがれる	isogareru
	Causative	急がせる 急がす	いそがせる いそがす	isogaseru isogasu
	Potential	急げる	いそげる	isogeru
	Volitional	急ごう	いそごう	isogō
	Negative	急がない	いそがない	isoganai
	Negative continuative	急がず	いそがず	isogazu
	Formal	急ぎます	いそぎます	isogimasu
	Perfective	急いだ	いそいだ	isoida
	Conjunctive	急いで	いそいで	isoide
	Hypothetical conditional	急げば	いそげば	isogeba

Derived terms

• 急しい (いそがしい, isogashii): busy

Etymology 2

From Old Japanese. Derivation unknown. Homophonic with 跨ぐ (matagu, “to straddle, to step across”), but semantic relationship is unclear; possibly having to do with ideas of striding, i.e. walking quickly.

Verb

急ぐ (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana またぐ, romaji matagu)

1. to be in a hurry, to be hasty
2. to be impatient

Alternative forms

• 速ぐ

Conjugation

Conjugation of "急ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	急が	またが	mataga
	Continuative (連用形)	急ぎ	またぎ	matagi
	Terminal (終止形)	急ぐ	またぐ	matagu
	Attributive (連体形)	急ぐ	またぐ	matagu
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	急げ	またげ	matage
	Imperative (命令形)	急げ	またげ	matage
Key constructions	Passive	急がれる	またがれる	matagareru
	Causative	急がせる 急がす	またがせる またがす	matagaseru matagasu
	Potential	急げる	またげる	matageru
	Volitional	急ごう	またごう	matagō
	Negative	急がない	またがない	mataganai
	Negative continuative	急がず	またがず	matagazu
	Formal	急ぎます	またぎます	matagimasu
	Perfective	急いだ	またいだ	mataida
	Conjunctive	急いで	またいで	mataide
	Hypothetical conditional	急げば	またげば	matageba