Japanese Word of the Day
泳ぐおよぐ - oyogu
swim
Definitions
| Japanese > English |
| 泳ぐ |
| 1. v. to swim |
| 昨日、私はジムで５キロ泳ぎました。 - Yesterday I swam 5 kilometers at the gym. |
| ここで泳げる。 - We can swim here. |
| 泳ぐことができない。 - I cannot swim. |
| 2. v. to act freely while being monitored (in the possibility that one will do something incriminating); (used in the causative 泳がす、泳がせる) |
| 容疑者を泳がせる - to let a suspect swim → to monitor a suspect |
Example Sentences
| 「一緒に行こう。私たちは川を泳いでわたって、熊の子を連れ去り、熊の子を連れて山の家へ行き、一緒に幸せを見つけることができる。」 "Let us go together. We can swim across the river, carry off the bear cubs, take them to the house on the mountain, and together find happiness." １２歳のとき私はその川を泳いで渡ることができた。 I could swim across the river when I was twelve. あなたは、泳いで川を渡ることができます。 Can you swim across the river? あなたはここで泳ぐ事ができません。 You can not swim here. あなたはその池で泳いではいけません。 You mustn't swim in the pond. |
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