潜る

もぐる· also むぐる、くぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to get in

JLPT N2 Common word

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to dive (into or under water)
  2. to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
  3. to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground
  4. to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through
  5. to dive (into or under the water)
All 7 meanings
  1. to evade; to get around; to slip past
  2. to survive; to surmount

Forms

PlainPolite
Present潜るもぐる潜りますもぐります
Negative潜らないもぐらない潜りませんもぐりません
Past潜ったもぐった潜りましたもぐりました
Past negative潜らなかったもぐらなかった潜りませんでしたもぐりませんでした
Te-form潜ってもぐって
Potential潜れるもぐれる
Passive潜られるもぐられる
Causative潜らせるもぐらせる
Volitional潜ろうもぐろう
Imperative潜れもぐれ
Conditional (ば)潜ればもぐれば
Conditional (たら)潜ったらもぐったら

Example sentences

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