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    3. 泳ぐ

    泳ぐ

    泳およぐ​

    to swim

    N5KMT8News #20+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    游ぐ

    およぐ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to swim
    2.
    to struggle through (a crowd)
    3.
    to make one's way through the world, to get along (in life)
    4.
    to totter, to lose one's balance

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしはプールで泳およぐのが好すきです。

    I like swimming in the pool.

    KMT3Sports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    魚さかなは水みずの中なかを自じ由ゆうに泳およぐ。

    Fish swim freely in the water.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    オリンピック選せん手しゅは、驚おどろくべき速はやさで泳およぐことができます。

    Olympic athletes can swim at astonishing speeds.

    KMT8Sports & Martial Arts
    都と会かいで一ひと人りで生いきていくのは、荒あら波なみを泳およぐようなものだ。

    Living alone in the city is like swimming through rough seas.

    KMT8Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは激げき流りゅうの中なかを必ひっ死しに泳およいで岸かしにたどり着ついた。

    He desperately swam through the rapids and reached the shore.

    KMT9Sports & Martial ArtsNature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    泳
    およ.ぐ…(1)
    swim
    Kanji
    ぐ
    gu
    Kana
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