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蠢く (うごめく, ugomeku) Japanese meaning: wriggle | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 蠢く · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 蠢うごめ く 蠢うごめ かない Polite 蠢うごめ きます 蠢うごめ きません Past polite 蠢うごめ きました 蠢うごめ きませんでした Past 蠢うごめ いた 蠢うごめ かなかった Te-form 蠢うごめ いて 蠢うごめ かないで Desire 蠢うごめ きたい 蠢うごめ きたくない Potential 蠢うごめ ける 蠢うごめ けない Passive 蠢うごめ かれる 蠢うごめ かれない Causative 蠢うごめ かせる 蠢うごめ かせない Causative passive 蠢うごめ かせられる also 蠢うごめ かされる 蠢うごめ かせられない also 蠢うごめ かされない Volitional 蠢うごめ こう Polite volitional 蠢うごめ きましょう Imperative 蠢うごめ け 蠢うごめ くな Conditional 蠢うごめ けば 蠢うごめ かなければ Tara conditional 蠢うごめ いたら 蠢うごめ かなかったら
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蛆うじ
が
うごめい
て
い
た
。
Maggots were wriggling in the rotten meat.
I heard something squirming in the darkness.
Related words 這は う 這う means 'to crawl' in a general sense, while うごめく emphasizes wriggling or squirming movement, often of many small things.
もぞもぞ もぞもぞ is an onomatopoeia for squirming or fidgeting, often used for a single creature or person, whereas うごめく describes the movement itself.
Written forms 蠢うごめ く Usage 48%
Standard kanji spelling, though the word is usually written in kana.
うごめく Usage 52%
Kana spelling is the most common and recommended for learners.
動うご めく
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; rarely used.
蠕うごめ く
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji usage; rarely used.
Etymology The word is likely a compound of 動く (ugoku, 'to move') and an element めく that adds a sense of 'showing signs of' or 'appearing to'. The exact derivation is uncertain.
