呉牛月に喘ぐ · godan verb (-gu)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 呉牛月に喘ぐ | 呉牛月に喘がない |
| Polite | 呉牛月に喘ぎます | 呉牛月に喘ぎません |
| Past polite | 呉牛月に喘ぎました | 呉牛月に喘ぎませんでした |
| Past | 呉牛月に喘いだ | 呉牛月に喘がなかった |
| Te-form | 呉牛月に喘いで | 呉牛月に喘がないで |
| Desire | 呉牛月に喘ぎたい | 呉牛月に喘ぎたくない |
| Potential | 呉牛月に喘げる | 呉牛月に喘げない |
| Passive | 呉牛月に喘がれる | 呉牛月に喘がれない |
| Causative | 呉牛月に喘がせる | 呉牛月に喘がせない |
| Causative passive | 呉牛月に喘がせられるalso 呉牛月に喘がされる | 呉牛月に喘がせられないalso 呉牛月に喘がされない |
| Volitional | 呉牛月に喘ごう | |
| Polite volitional | 呉牛月に喘ぎましょう | |
| Imperative | 呉牛月に喘げ | 呉牛月に喘ぐな |
| Conditional | 呉牛月に喘げば | 呉牛月に喘がなければ |
| Tara conditional | 呉牛月に喘いだら | 呉牛月に喘がなかったら |
be overanxious; worry needlessly
A literary idiom from a Chinese story about a water buffalo from Wu that mistook the moon for the sun and panted from imagined heat. Used to describe someone who is excessively fearful or anxious without real cause. Rare in modern conversation; mostly encountered in classical or literary contexts.
He is so afraid of failure that he's like the Wu buffalo panting at the moon—worrying needlessly.