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注ぐ · godan verb (-gu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	注そそぐ	注そそがない
Polite	注そそぎます	注そそぎません
Past polite	注そそぎました	注そそぎませんでした
Past	注そそいだ	注そそがなかった
Te-form	注そそいで	注そそがないで
Desire	注そそぎたい	注そそぎたくない
Potential	注そそげる	注そそげない
Passive	注そそがれる	注そそがれない
Causative	注そそがせる	注そそがせない
Causative passive	注そそがせられるalso 注そそがされる	注そそがせられないalso 注そそがされない
Volitional	注そそごう
Polite volitional	注そそぎましょう
Imperative	注そそげ	注そそぐな
Conditional	注そそげば	注そそがなければ
Tara conditional	注そそいだら	注そそがなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

pour into

Transitive use for pouring a liquid into a container or place. In some everyday drink-serving contexts 注ぐ may also be read つぐ, so kana can be used when the reading そそぐ needs to be clear.

コップに冷つめたい水みずをそそいだ。
I poured cold water into the cup.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

pour onto; water; sprinkle or spray from above

Used when liquid is applied onto something, especially from above, including watering plants or pouring water over a surface.

鉢はち植うえの根ね元もとに水みずをそそいでください。
Please pour water at the base of the potted plant.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

shed tears

Limited to the expression 涙を注ぐ. It has a literary or elevated feel; in ordinary speech 涙を流す is more common.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に〈物もの〉を注そそぐto pour something into a container or place
コップにジュースを注そそいだ。
I poured juice into the glass.
〈物もの〉に水みずを注そそぐto water (plants, soil, etc.)
毎まい朝あさ、庭にわの花はなに水みずを注そそいでいる。
Every morning I water the flowers in the garden.
〈場ば所しょ〉に注そそぐfor a river or stream to flow into (a place)
この川かわは太たい平へい洋ように注そそいでいる。
This river flows into the Pacific Ocean.
〈事こと〉に精せい力りょくを注そそぐto devote one's energy to something
彼かれは新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうに精せい力りょくを注そそいでいる。
He is pouring his energy into the new business.

Expressions· 9

力ちからを注そそぐconcentrate one's effort; devote one's energy; put one's heart into
朱しゅを注そそぐflush bright red; turn crimson
油あぶらを注そそぐpour oil on; anoint with oil · add fuel to the fire; stir up; encourage
涙なみだを注そそぐshed tears
心しん血けつを注そそぐput one's heart and soul into; devote oneself completely to

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注ちゅう意いを注そそぐpay attention; direct one's attention
視し線せんを注そそぐwatch intently; stare; fix one's gaze on
満まん面めん朱しゅを注そそぐbe flushed bright red

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Kanji

注pour, irrigate, shed (tears)
灌pour
潅pour into, irrigate, shed (tears)
濺sprinkle, splash
漑pour

Transitive / intransitive

注ぐ is used both transitively and intransitively: transitively, as in 花瓶に水を注ぐ (to pour water into a vase), and intransitively, as in この川は海に注ぐ (This river flows into the sea).

Related words· 8

かけるN5sense 2
掛ける is the everyday word for putting liquid, sauce, or water onto something, while 注ぐ sounds more like directing a deliberate pour or flow.
流ながれ込こむ sense 5
流れ込む describes water or people flowing into a place in a general, everyday way, while 注ぐ is more literary and typical of describing a river emptying into the sea.
集しゅう中ちゅうN3sense 4
集中する means to concentrate one's attention or effort in a general sense, while 注ぐ in this abstract use specifically emphasizes pouring energy or passion into something.
注ちゅう入にゅう sense 1
注入する is a formal, often technical word for injecting or pouring liquid into something, whereas 注ぐ is the ordinary everyday verb for pouring.

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さす
注ぐ is the general, everyday verb for pouring a liquid, while 注す implies a smaller, more careful amount, as when topping up tea or sake.
注そそぎ込こむ
注ぐ is the plain verb for pouring or concentrating something, while 注ぎ込む adds the sense of pouring a large amount into a specific destination.
流ながすN3
注ぐ focuses on pouring liquid into or onto something, while 流す emphasizes letting it move along or away through a channel.
差さすN5
注ぐ is the everyday verb for pouring liquid, while 差す is used mainly in set phrases like 水を差す for adding liquid.

Don't confuse with

注つぐN3sense 1
注ぐ read そそぐ covers pouring, flowing, and devoting energy, while the same kanji read つぐ is used specifically for serving a drink into a cup or glass.
流ながれ込こむ
注ぐ can also mean 'to pour into' but is transitive (someone pours something), while 流れ込む is intransitive and describes something flowing in on its own.

Word family

降ふり注そそぐ
rain down; pour down; shower down
注そそぎ込こむ
pour in (liquid) · pour in (money); invest heavily
注そそぎ出だす
pour out; pour forth
注そそぎ入いれる
pour into

Written forms

注そそぐUsage88%
Standard common spelling for そそぐ, used for pouring liquid and for abstract uses such as 力を注ぐ.
そそぐUsage12%
灌そそぐUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; use 注ぐ in normal modern writing.
潅そそぐ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; use 注ぐ in normal modern writing.
濺そそぐ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; use 注ぐ in normal modern writing.
漑そそぐ
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; use 注ぐ in normal modern writing.

Etymology

そそぐ is a native Japanese verb. The kanji 注 is used semantically for pouring liquid or directing attention; the exact historical derivation of the word is uncertain.