WORD DETAIL
騒ぐ
さわぐ
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: The written form is
騒ぐ, readさわぐ. This intransitive verb means making noise or creating a disturbance and can describe people or animals. - Basic usage:
図書館で騒ぐdescribes noise that should be avoided in a library, while犬たちが騒ぐdescribes dogs reacting noisily to a sudden sound.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Noise avoided in a library
- The sentence urges people not to make noise inside the library. Example:
図書館の中で騒ぐのはやめましょう。— Let us not make noise in the library.
- The sentence urges people not to make noise inside the library. Example:
- Dogs reacting to a sudden sound
- The dogs begin barking noisily when startled by the sudden sound. Example:
突然の物音に犬たちが騒ぎ始めました。— The dogs began barking at the sudden sound.
- The dogs begin barking noisily when startled by the sudden sound. Example:

