泳ぎ, 游ぎ, およぎ
swimming
泳ぎを身につけるのは簡単なことだ。
泳ぐ, 游ぐ, およぐ
Conjugated: 泳ぎ
Godan verb, Intransitive
to swim
あなたは、泳いで川を渡ることができますのか。
切る, きる
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to cut, to cut through, to perform (surgery)
See 縁を切る
2. to sever (connections, ties)
3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
See 電話を切る
4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation), to hang up (the phone), to disconnect
5. to punch (a ticket), to tear off (a stub)
2.大根は拍子木に切る。
着る, 著る, きる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down), to put on
2. to bear (guilt, etc.)
その男は反逆者の汚名をきせられた。
斬る, きる
Godan verb, Transitive
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)
剪る, きる
Godan verb
to cut, to prune, to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)
截る, きる
Godan verb
to cut (e.g. cloth)
伐る, きる
Godan verb, Transitive
to cut down (e.g. trees)
鑽る, 鑚る, きる
Godan verb, Transitive, Obscure term
to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)
の
Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. topic marker particle
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis