潜もぐる

もぐる moguru

to dive (into or under water)
to go underground
to hide oneself
to get under (e.g. a desk)

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

潜入；潜水

Examples

Furigana

海うみに潜もぐったら耳みみ抜ぬきしてください。
If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.
潜入海里后请做耳压平衡。
Tatoeba #185118
深ふかく潜もぐれば潜もぐるほど、水みずは冷つめたくなる。
As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.
潜得越深，水越冷。
Tatoeba #145061

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a603c7698c'); // 潜る

{
  "id": "a603c7698c",
  "word": "潜る",
  "reading": "もぐる",
  "romaji": "moguru",
  "meanings": [
    "to dive (into or under water)",
    "to go underground",
    "to hide oneself",
    "to get under (e.g. a desk)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5r",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1609715,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "海に潜ったら耳抜きしてください。",
      "furigana": "{海|うみ}に{潜|もぐ}ったら{耳|みみ}{抜|ぬ}きしてください。",
      "en": "If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears.",
      "tatoeba_id": 185118
    },
    {
      "ja": "深く潜れば潜るほど、水は冷たくなる。",
      "furigana": "{深|ふか}く{潜|もぐ}れば{潜|もぐ}るほど、{水|みず}は{冷|つめ}たくなる。",
      "en": "As we dive deeper, the water becomes colder.",
      "tatoeba_id": 145061
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e19a76a9b8cc8fa0c1083a62379989859f20daddbf0420551cb92cbf547f0365",
    "meanings": [
      "潜入",
      "潜水"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "海に潜ったら耳抜きしてください。",
        "zh": "潜入海里后请做耳压平衡。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "深く潜れば潜るほど、水は冷たくなる。",
        "zh": "潜得越深，水越冷。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/a603c7698c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1609715; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "ac862fffd0de1071fa1fc368b41f4aaeb6a9b752ca2969ab06b4d312ee3eb13e"
  }
}