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泳ぐ (およぐ) — to swim | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

泳ぐ

およぐ

N5

godan verbtransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1to swim
2to struggle through (a crowd)
3to make one's way through the world
4to get along (in life)
5to totter
6to lose one's balance

Example sentence

夏は海で泳ぎます。

なつはうみでおよぎます。

In summer I swim in the sea.

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Kanji in this word

泳Swim8 strokes

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