泳およがす

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

let swim; make swim; release into water

Causative-like transitive verb meaning to allow or cause someone/something to swim, or to release fish into water. Often used for setting fish free or letting children swim.

See also: 泳がせる

• 子こ供どもたちをプールで泳およがす。

  I let the children swim in the pool.

• 釣つった魚さかなを川かわに泳およがしてやった。

  I released the caught fish into the river.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

make stumble; make stagger; make lurch

Used when causing someone to lose balance and stagger forward, often by pushing or tripping. Less common than the swimming sense.

• 酔よっ払ぱらいを後うしろから押おして泳およがす。

  I push the drunk from behind and make him stagger forward.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

let roam freely; leave at large; allow to move about

Figurative use, often in law enforcement contexts: to let a suspect move freely while under surveillance, or to leave someone at large. Also used for letting something move about in a space.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃをしばらく泳およがすことにした。

  The police decided to let the suspect roam freely for a while.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

wave about; move about in the air

Describes moving one's arms or other objects loosely in the air, as if swimming. Often used with body parts like 腕.

• 彼かれは両りょう腕うでを空くう中ちゅうに泳およがせて喜よろこびを表あらわした。

  He waved both arms in the air to express his joy.