拭う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拭
ぬぐ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the classical yodan verb 拭(のご)ふ (nogofu).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぬぐ​う [nùgúꜜù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) ぬぐう [nùgúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [nɯ̟ᵝɡɯ̟ᵝɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

拭(ぬぐ)う • (nuguu) ^{←ぬぐふ (nugufu)?}transitive godan (stem 拭(ぬぐ)い (nugui), past 拭(ぬぐ)った (nugutta))

1. to wipe

   汗(あせ)を拭(ぬぐ)う

   ase o nuguu

   wipe away sweat

2. eliminate, get rid of

   悩(なや)みを拭(ぬぐ)う

   nayami o nuguu

   cast away one's concerns

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	拭わ	ぬぐわ	nuguwa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	拭い	ぬぐい	nugui
Shūshikei ("terminal")	拭う	ぬぐう	nuguu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	拭う	ぬぐう	nuguu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	拭え	ぬぐえ	nugue
Meireikei ("imperative")	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