泳ぐ

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 海で泳ぎたい。▶ —
   I want to swim in the sea.
2. 夏休みは毎日泳ぐ。▶ —
   I swim every day during summer break.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Oyogu (泳ぐ) is "to swim" — B + cluster (beach, summer, school-swimming cultural cluster). Kanji 泳 (swim). Cluster mental note: cluster entry — Korean cross-refs via romanization or kanji only. Japanese cluster: (1) kaisuiyoku (sea bathing, July-August, with Shounan, Enoshima, Okinawa as famous spots, summer family gathering); (2) suiei kyoushitsu (swimming class — almost every Japanese child age 6-12 attends, swimming is in mandatory education, with nationwide competitive certification); (3) do-zaemon (drowning, an old Edo euphemism); (4) the four strokes — kuroru (crawl), hiraoyogi (breaststroke), seoyogi (backstroke), batafurai (butterfly) — formally taught in school PE. JLPT N5 plus Japans summer and school-swimming cultural cluster.

Quick check

1. Suiei kyoushitsu adoption?

   • Almost every Japanese child age 6-12 attends; swimming sits in compulsory education with nationwide certification
   • Elite only
   • Western import
   • Abolished