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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

くぐる

kuguru

to pass under or through

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは門もんをくぐって通とおりへと出でた。

    I went through the gate out onto the street.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 縄なわをくぐって入はいっていく。

    They duck under the rope and go in.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. この通路つうろは線路せんろの下したをくぐることで反対側はんたいがわへとつながっている。

    This access way allows connection to the opposite side by going under the tracks.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

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