もぐ

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
捥ぐ (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もぐ [móꜜgù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ɡɯ̟]

Verb

もぐ • (mogu) ^{←もぐ (mogu)?}godan (stem もぎ (mogi), past もいだ (moida))

Japanese verb pair
active	もぐ
mediopassive	もげる

1. to pull off, to pluck off

Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	もが	moga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	もぎ	mogi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	もぐ	mogu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	もぐ	mogu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	もげ	moge
Meireikei ("imperative")	もげ	moge
Key constructions
Passive	もがれる	mogareru
Causative	もがせる もがす	mogaseru mogasu
Potential	もげる	mogeru
Volitional	もごう	mogō
Negative	もがない	moganai
Negative continuative	もがず	mogazu
Formal	もぎます	mogimasu
Perfective	もいだ	moida
Conjunctive	もいで	moide
Hypothetical conditional	もげば	mogeba

Conjugation of "もぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	もが		moga
Continuative (連用形)	もぎ		mogi
Terminal (終止形)	もぐ		mogu
Attributive (連体形)	もぐ		mogu
Realis (已然形)	もげ		moge
Imperative (命令形)	もげ		moge
Key constructions
Negative	もがず		mogazu
Contrasting conjunction	もげど		mogedo
Causal conjunction	もげば		mogeba
Conditional conjunction	もがば		mogaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	もぎき		mogiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	もぎけり		mogikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action)	もぎつ		mogitu
Perfect tense (natural event)	もぎぬ		moginu
Perfect-continuative tense	もげり もぎたり		mogeri mogitari
Volitional	もがむ		mogamu

Classical conjugation of "もぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Etymology 2

Interjection

もぐ • (mogu) 

1. (onomatopoeia) Representing a loud chewing sound, or the sound made while relishing food.

Related terms

• もぐもぐ (mogumogu)

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN