脱ぐ|ぬぐnugu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
    ここで靴くつを脱ぬがなければなりませんか。↗
    Do I have to take off my shoes here?
Conjugation
Dictionary form脱ぐ(ぬぐ)
Polite (masu)脱ぎます(ぬぎます)
Negative (nai)脱がない(ぬがない)
polite (masen)脱ぎません(ぬぎません)
classical zu / nu脱がず・脱がぬ(ぬがず・ぬがぬ)
Past (ta)脱いだ(ぬいだ)
polite (mashita)脱ぎました(ぬぎました)
Past negative (nakatta)脱がなかった(ぬがなかった)
polite (masen deshita)脱ぎませんでした(ぬぎませんでした)
Te form脱いで(ぬいで)
Potential脱げる(ぬげる)
Passive脱がれる(ぬがれる)
Causative脱がせる(ぬがせる)
Causative passive脱がせられる・脱がされる(ぬがせられる・ぬがされる)
Conditional (ba)脱げば(ぬげば)
tara脱いだら(ぬいだら)
Volitional脱ごう(ぬごう)
polite (mashou)脱ぎましょう(ぬぎましょう)
Imperative脱げ(ぬげ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive脱ぐぬぐ⇄intransitive脱げるぬげる
靴くつが自然しぜんに脱ぬげる
脱げる (intransitive) describes something coming off by itself or without specifying an agent, as in 靴が自然に脱げる; 脱ぐ (transitive) focuses on a person deliberately removing something, as in 玄関で靴を脱ぐ.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 衣服いふくや帽子ぼうし、靴くつなどの身みにつけている物ものを、自みずから取とる。
  2. 衣服いふくなどをずらしてあらわにする。
  3. 商業しょうぎょう的てきな撮影さつえいのために裸体らたいになる。
Kanji in this word
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