もぐ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
捥ぐ (uncommon)

Pronunciation

Verb

もぐ • (moguもぐ (mogu)?godan (stem もぎ (mogi), past もいだ (moida))

Japanese verb pair
active もぐ
mediopassive もげる
  1. to pull off, to pluck off
Conjugation
Conjugation of "もぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") もが moga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") もぎ mogi
Shūshikei ("terminal") もぐ mogu
Rentaikei ("attributive") もぐ mogu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") もげ moge
Meireikei ("imperative") もげ moge
Key constructions
Passive もがれる mogareru
Causative もがせる
もがす
mogaseru
mogasu
Potential もげる mogeru
Volitional もごう mogō
Negative もがない moganai
Negative continuative もがず mogazu
Formal もぎます mogimasu
Perfective もいだ moida
Conjunctive もいで moide
Hypothetical conditional もげば mogeba
Classical conjugation of "もぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) もが moga
Continuative (連用形) もぎ mogi
Terminal (終止形) もぐ mogu
Attributive (連体形) もぐ mogu
Realis (已然形) もげ moge
Imperative (命令形) もげ moge
Key constructions
Negative もがず mogazu
Contrasting conjunction もげど mogedo
Causal conjunction もげば mogeba
Conditional conjunction もがば mogaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) もぎき mogiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) もぎけり mogikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) もぎつ mogitu
Perfect tense (natural event) もぎぬ moginu
Perfect-continuative tense もげり
もぎたり
mogeri
mogitari
Volitional もがむ mogamu

Etymology 2

Interjection

もぐ • (mogu

  1. (onomatopoeia) Representing a loud chewing sound, or the sound made while relishing food.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN