潜る

もぐる

to dive (into or under water)

N2 #10,967

Meanings

もぐる · むぐる

  1. godan verb, intransitive to dive (into or under water)
  2. to get under; to get into; to get in; to creep into; to crawl under; to bury oneself; to burrow into; to dig oneself into; to snuggle under
  3. to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself; to go underground

くぐる

  1. godan verb, intransitive, usually in kana to go under; to pass under; to go through; to pass through
  2. usually in kana to dive (into or under the water)
  3. usually in kana to evade; to get around; to slip past
  4. usually in kana to survive; to surmount

Its kanji

In sentences

海うみに潜もぐったら耳抜みみぬきしてください。 If you go underwater, hold your nose and blow to clear your ears. #185118