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    3. 潜る

    潜る

    潜くぐる​

    to go under

    N2KMT10News #40+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    くぐる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through
    word usually written using kana alone
    2.
    to dive (into or under the water)
    word usually written using kana alone
    3.
    to evade, to get around, to slip past
    word usually written using kana alone
    4.
    to survive, to surmount
    word usually written using kana alone

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    彼かれはトンネルを潜くぐった。

    He went through the tunnel.

    KMT8Daily Life
    子こ供どもたちはテーブルの下したを潜くぐって遊あそんだ。

    The children played by crawling under the table.

    KMT10Daily Life
    彼かれは厳きびしい監かん視しの目めを潜くぐり抜ぬけ、秘ひ密みつの情じょう報ほうを手てに入いれた。

    He slipped past the strict surveillance and obtained secret information.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    毎まい朝あさ、私わたしは満まん員いん電でん車しゃの人ひと混ごみを潜くぐり抜ぬけて通つう勤きんしている。

    Every morning, I commute by pushing through the crowded train.

    KMT10Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    魚さかなは岩いわの下したに潜くぐって身みを隠かくした。

    The fish hid itself by going under the rock.

    KMT10Nature & EnvironmentAnimals

    Characters that make up this word

    潜
    ひそ.む・もぐ.る・かく.れる・くぐ.る・ひそ.める…(1)
    submerge・conceal・hide・lower (voice)・hush
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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