NichiDict

くぐる

N2
潜る
[kuguru]
Illustration for 潜る

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitive

to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through

2.GodanIntransitive

to dive (into or under the water)

3.GodanIntransitive

to evade; to get around; to slip past

4.GodanIntransitive

to survive; to surmount

Other Readings

潜る」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

フェンスの下を潜って通りました。

I went through under the fence.

彼はフェンスの下の隙間を潜って向こう側へ出た。

He went under the gap beneath the fence and came out on the other side.

子猫が狭い柵の間を潜っている

The kitten is squeezing through the narrow gaps in the fence.