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よぎる (yogiru) Japanese meaning: pass by | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation よぎる · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary よぎる よぎらない Polite よぎります よぎりません Past polite よぎりました よぎりませんでした Past よぎった よぎらなかった Te-form よぎって よぎらないで Desire よぎりたい よぎりたくない Potential よぎれる よぎれない Passive よぎられる よぎられない Causative よぎらせる よぎらせない Causative passive よぎらせられる also よぎらされる よぎらせられない also よぎらされない Volitional よぎろう Polite volitional よぎりましょう Imperative よぎれ よぎるな Conditional よぎれば よぎらなければ Tara conditional よぎったら よぎらなかったら
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かんが
え
が
頭あたま
を
よぎっ
た
。
An unpleasant thought suddenly crossed my mind.
The shadow of a bird passed by outside the window.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 頭あたま をよぎる for a thought to flash across one's mind
For a moment, a bad feeling flashed through my mind.
〈 事こと 〉 が 脳のう 裏り をよぎる for a memory or thought to flash through one's mind
An old memory flashed through my mind.
〈 物もの 〉 が 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 をよぎる for something (e.g. a shadow) to pass across a place
A dark shadow passed across outside the window.
Kanji 過 overdo, exceed, go beyond Related words 横切る describes something physically crossing a path or space (like a road), while よぎる is more often used for a thought, feeling, or shadow briefly passing through one's mind or field of vision.
走る is used for a sensation or feeling suddenly running through someone (痛みが走る), while よぎる emphasizes something briefly crossing the mind or a space rather than a sudden jolt.
Written forms よぎる Usage 80%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 過ぎる is easily confused with すぎる (to exceed/pass).
過よぎ る Usage 15%
Alternate kanji spelling; very rare and also prone to misreading.
過よ ぎる Usage 5%
Kanji spelling is rare and easily misread as すぎる; use kana to avoid confusion.
Etymology The verb developed from earlier よきる, also written 過る, with intervocalic voicing of its medial consonant. Its deeper formation is uncertain.
