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くぐ

usually written using kana alonegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

  • to go under, to pass under, to go through, to pass through
  • to dive (into or under the water)
  • to evade, to get around, to slip past
  • to survive, to surmount

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Example sentences

かれひくえだくぐってにわはいった。

He passed under the low branch and entered the garden.

子供こどもたちは大人おとなあしあいだくぐってあそんでいた。

The children were playing by weaving through the adults' legs.

彼女かのじょ監視かんしくぐり、こっそりと建物たてものした。

She slipped past the watchful eyes and secretly escaped from the building.

数々かずかず困難こんなんくぐりけてきたからこそ、いまかれがある。

It is precisely because he has survived countless hardships that he is who he is today.

ほうあみくぐることことは、どんなに巧妙こうみょうであっても長続ながつづきしないものだ。

Getting around the law, no matter how cleverly done, never lasts long.