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防ぐfuseguto defend (against), to protect, to preventgodan, verb, vtrans

ward off, defend, protect, resist
Readings: bou, fuse.gu, ata, u, hou
Main radical: 阜 (170) Strokes: 7 picture (png) | animation (svg) | table (svg)

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Verb is godan, transitive

		positive	negative
present indicative	plain	fusegu	fuseganai
present indicative	polite	fusegimasu	fusegimasen
present progressive	plain	fuseide iru	fuseide inai
present progressive	polite	fuseide imasu	fuseide imasen
past indicative	plain	fuseida	fuseganakatta
past indicative	polite	fusegimashita	fusegimasen deshita
presumptive	plain	fusegou fusegu darou	fuseganai darou
presumptive	polite	fusegimashou fusegu deshou	fuseganai deshou
past presumptive	plain	fuseidarou fuseida darou	fuseganakatta darou
past presumptive	polite	fuseida deshou	fuseganakatta deshou
imperative	plain	fusege	fusegu na
imperative	polite	fuseide kudasai	fuseganaide kudasai
provisional	plain	fusegeba	fuseganakereba
conditional	plain	fuseidara	fuseganakattara
conditional	polite	fusegimashitara	fusegimasen deshitara
potential	plain	fusegeru	fusegenai
potential	polite	fusegemasu	fusegemasen
causative	plain	fusegaseru
past causative	plain	fusegaseta
passive	plain	fusegareru
past passive	plain	fusegareta
passive causative	plain	fusegaserareru fusegasareru
past passive causative	plain	fusegaserareta
desiderative	plain	fusegitai
past desiderative	plain	fusegitakatta
gerundium		fuseide