ガ行ぎょう

noun

ga-row of the kana syllabary; verbs ending in -gu

Linguistic term: refers to the row of kana starting with ガ (ga, gi, gu, ge, go) and, by extension, to godan verbs whose dictionary form ends in ぐ (e.g., 泳ぐ).

• ガ行ぎょうの音おんは濁だく音おんで始はじまる。

  Sounds in the ga-row begin with a voiced consonant.

• 「泳およぐ」はガ行ぎょう五ご段だん活かつ用ようの動どう詞しです。

  泳ぐ is a godan verb of the ga-row conjugation.