くぐる

Also written 潜る

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through
2. to dive (into or under the water) See also: 潜る (もぐる).
3. to evade; to get around; to slip past
4. to survive; to surmount

Example sentences

• 世の中には、法の網の目をくぐって違法まがいのことをする人がいる。
  In this world, there are people who take advantage of legal loopholes to do things that are almost illegal.
• 私は門をくぐって通りへと出た。
  I went through the gate out onto the street.

Common phrases

• 下をくぐる
• 門をくぐる
• 鳥居をくぐる
• トンネルをくぐる
• のれんをくぐる
• ゲートをくぐる
• 橋をくぐる
• 修羅場をくぐる
• 線路をくぐる

Words containing くぐる

• 網の目をくぐる (あみのめをくぐる) to slip through the dragnet

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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