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扇ぐ[あおぐ] (aogu)

to fan,to flap

  • JLPT N2
  • Godan verb
  • Pitch 2
  • #20777 most frequent

Meaning

扇ぐ (あおぐ, aogu) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “to fan,to flap”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

彼かれは扇子せんすで顔かおをあおいでいる

He is fanning his face.

暑いときに、手元で扇子を開いて自ら風を送ることで涼しさを得ることを目的に扇ぐ。

The purpose of a Sensu is to induce an airflow for cooling by waving it by hand on a hot day.

扇ぐためのものではなく、亭主と客の間、あるいは客同士の間の結界茶道における結界として挨拶のときに用いる。

These sensu are not used as an actual fan, but they are used to represent a boundary between a host and a group of guests, or between guests when they exchange greetings with each other.

うちわで自分自身の顔を扇ぐことで涼しくするという機能とともに、音や光を出して応援できる新規なうちわを提供する。

To provide a novel fan capable of cheering by emitting sound and a light along with a function of cooling a user by fanning own face.

Conjugation table

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

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

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