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まごつく (magotsuku)

to be confused, to be flustered

  • JLPT N1
  • Godan verb
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Meaning

まごつく (magotsuku) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “to be confused, to be flustered”.

Example sentences 11

彼女かのじょは人ひとごみの中なかでまごついた

She got flustered in the crowd of people.

これにはまごつくな.

Don't get confused by this.

彼かれの言葉ことばは私わたしをまごつかせた。

What he said embarrassed me.

私わたしを見みて、彼女かのじょはまごついた。

Seeing me, she was embarrassed.

Conjugation table

まごつく is a godan verb (u-verb). Every major form with romaji:

FormJapaneseRomaji
Dictionaryまごつくmagotsuku
Negativeまごつかないmagotsukanai
Pastまごついたmagotsuita
Past negativeまごつかなかったmagotsukanakatta
Polite (ます)まごつきますmagotsukimasu
Polite negativeまごつきませんmagotsukimasen
Polite pastまごつきましたmagotsukimashita
Polite past negativeまごつきませんでしたmagotsukimasendeshita
Te-formまごついてmagotsuite
Conditional (ば)まごつけばmagotsukeba
Conditional (たら)まごついたらmagotsuitara
Potentialまごつけるmagotsukeru
Passiveまごつかれるmagotsukareru
Causativeまごつかせるmagotsukaseru
Causative-passiveまごつかせられるmagotsukaserareru
Volitionalまごつこうmagotsukou
Volitional politeまごつきましょうmagotsukimashou
Imperativeまごつけmagotsuke
Desire (たい)まごつきたいmagotsukitai

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