鬩ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鬩
せめ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せめぐ [sèméꜜgù] (Nakadaka – [2])
IPA^(key): [se̞me̞ɡɯ̟]

Verb

鬩(せめ)ぐ • (semegu) intransitive godan (stem 鬩(せめ)ぎ (semegi), past 鬩(せめ)いだ (semeida))

to be mutually bitter, to argue together, to quarrel
to battle
to resent and bemoan

Usage notes

Most often written in hiragana.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "鬩ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	鬩が	せめが	semega
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	鬩ぎ	せめぎ	semegi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	鬩ぐ	せめぐ	semegu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	鬩ぐ	せめぐ	semegu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	鬩げ	せめげ	semege
Meireikei ("imperative")	鬩げ	せめげ	semege
Key constructions
Passive	鬩がれる	せめがれる	semegareru
Causative	鬩がせる鬩がす	せめがせるせめがす	semegaseru semegasu
Potential	鬩げる	せめげる	semegeru
Volitional	鬩ごう	せめごう	semegō
Negative	鬩がない	せめがない	semeganai
Negative continuative	鬩がず	せめがず	semegazu
Formal	鬩ぎます	せめぎます	semegimasu
Perfective	鬩いだ	せめいだ	semeida
Conjunctive	鬩いで	せめいで	semeide
Hypothetical conditional	鬩げば	せめげば	semegeba

Synonyms

Derived terms

兄弟牆(けいていかき)に鬩(せめ)ぐ (keitei kaki ni semegu)

References

“^▲鬩ぐ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025