泳およがせる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

let swim; make swim; release into water

Literal causative of 泳ぐ: to cause someone or something to swim, or to release fish into water.

• 子こ供どもをプールで泳およがせる。

  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せて逃にがした。

  I released the caught fish into the river and let it swim away.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

make stumble; make stagger; make lurch

Used when someone is pushed or caused to stagger forward, often in a physical struggle or accident.

• 酔よっ払ぱらいを押おして、体からだを泳およがせた。

  I pushed the drunk and made him stagger.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

let roam freely; leave at large; allow to operate under surveillance

Figurative use: to let a suspect or person of interest move freely while keeping them under observation, often in police or intelligence contexts.

• 警けい察さつは容よう疑ぎ者しゃをしばらく泳およがせることにした。

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

ichidan verb, transitive verb

wave about; move through the air

Describes moving one's arms or something else loosely through the air, as if swimming.

• 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ながら踊おどった。

  He danced while waving both arms in the air.