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Godan verb with 'u' endingtransitive verb
word usually written using kana alone
to scoop;to ladle out
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Godan verb with 'u' endingtransitive verb
word usually written using kana alone
to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
Other forms
抄う 【すくう】 (rarely used kanji form)
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Godan verb with 'u' endingtransitive verb
to rescue (someone);to save;to help (out of a difficulty);to relieve (from)
その犬は少女の命を救った。
The dog saved the girl's life.
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Godan verb with 'u' endingtransitive verb
to save (spiritually);to redeem (from sin);to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.);to bring to salvation
神だけがあなたを救える。
Nothing but God can save you.
Other forms
済う 【すくう】 (rarely used kanji form) · 拯う 【すくう】 (search-only kanji form)
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Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to build a nest;to nest
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Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to hang out (of a bad group);to be based (in);to haunt
嫉妬心くらい強く人間の心情に巣食う情熱はない。
There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.
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Godan verb with 'u' endingintransitive verb
to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.);to be planted;to luck (in one's heart)
Other forms
巣くう 【すくう】 · 巣喰う 【すくう】 (search-only kanji form)
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expressions (phrasesGodan verb with 'u' ending
idiomatic expression
to trip someone up;to pull the carpet from under
波に足をすくわれた。
The waves carried me off my feet.
Other forms
足を掬う 【あしをすくう】
