すぐ

See also: すく and ずく

Japanese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *sunku. Cognate with Northern Amami-Oshima 直ぐ (sïgu), Okinawan 直ぐ (sigu), Miyako 直ぐ (sugu), Yaeyama 直ぐ (sïgu), Yonaguni 直く゚ (chi'ngu).

Likely derived from root verb form sugu. The expected adjectival or adverbial form would be sugi, but there is evidence for sugu used in this way in ancient eastern dialects.[2]

Notably, the modern verbs 過ぎる (sugiru) and 挿げる (sugeru) derived from sugu (see further below) have shared underlying senses of “going through; directly; without stopping or turning”, indicative of this common root.

Alternative forms

Adjective

すぐ • (sugu) -na (adnominal すぐな (sugu na na), adverbial すぐに (sugu ni ni))

  1. straight, not bent

Adverb

すぐ • (sugu) 

  1. 直ぐ: immediately, right away, soon
    すぐ行(い)くよ
    sugu iku yo
    I'll be there right away.
  2. 直ぐ: quick to
    すぐ怒(おこ)る
    sugu okoru
    quick to anger
  3. 直ぐ: right next to, right close by
    すぐ上(うえ)に
    sugu ue ni
    right on top
    コンビニはすぐそこだよ。
    Konbini wa sugu soko da yo.
    The convenience store is right over there.
Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

The reading of various kanji terms.

Verb

すぐ • (sugu) †nidan

  1. (obsolete) 過ぐ: classical form of modern 過ぎる (sugiru, “to go through, to go past; to exceed”)

Verb

すぐ • (sugu) †nidan

  1. (obsolete) 挿ぐ: classical form of modern 挿げる (sugeru, “to connect or affix one thing to another, especially by passing something through something else”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Miyako

Adverb

すぐ (sugu) 

  1. 直ぐ: immediately
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