くぐる

• 読み: くぐる
• ローマ字: kuguru
• 発音: /kɯ.ɡɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To pass through; to go under; to duck through; to dive under. Describes movement through a low, narrow, or enclosing space.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with literal and figurative uses. Literally: bending or ducking to pass under a gate, rope, or wave. Figuratively: 法の目をくぐる means to slip through legal loopholes, implying evading restrictions through cunning. Also written 潜る (particularly for the underwater sense). A productive verb that appears in compound forms like くぐり抜ける.

例文

1. 鳥居をくぐって境内に入った。
2. 子どもたちが波をくぐりながら遊んでいる。
3. 規制の網をくぐるような行為は許されない。

使い方ガイド

場面: movement, shrines, swimming, law

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Of Old Japanese origin, related to 潜る (moguru, to submerge). The base sense is moving through something that encloses or presses from above, requiring one to lower oneself.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal