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仰ぐ[あおぐ] (aogu)

to look up (to), to respect, to depend on, to ask for, to seek, to revere, to drink, to take

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #9940 most frequent

Meaning

仰ぐ (あおぐ, aogu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to look up (to), to respect, to depend on, to ask for, to seek, to revere, to drink, to take”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

私わたしたちは夜空よぞらを仰あおいだ

We looked up at the night sky.

空そらを仰あおぎ見みる。

I looked up at the sky.

彼かれは天てんを仰あおいだ。

He looked up at the sky.

私わたしは彼かれを師しと仰あおいでいる。

I look up to him as my teacher.

Conjugation table

仰ぐ (あおぐ) is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionary仰ぐ あおぐaogu
Negative仰がない あおがないaoganai
Past仰いだ あおいだaoida
Past negative仰がなかった あおがなかったaoganakatta
Polite (ます)仰ぎます あおぎますaogimasu
Polite negative仰ぎません あおぎませんaogimasen
Polite past仰ぎました あおぎましたaogimashita
Polite past negative仰ぎませんでした あおぎませんでしたaogimasendeshita
Te-form仰いで あおいでaoide
Conditional (ば)仰げば あおげばaogeba
Conditional (たら)仰いだら あおいだらaoidara
Potential仰げる あおげるaogeru
Passive仰がれる あおがれるaogareru
Causative仰がせる あおがせるaogaseru
Causative-passive仰がせられる あおがせられるaogaserareru
Volitional仰ごう あおごうaogou
Volitional polite仰ぎましょう あおぎましょうaogimashou
Imperative仰げ あおげaoge
Desire (たい)仰ぎたい あおぎたいaogitai

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