騒ぐ
さわぐ
to make noise
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Examples
夜は騒がないでください。
よるはさわがないでください。
Please do not make noise at night.
子供たちが教室で騒いでいます。
こどもたちがきょうしつでさわいでいます。
The children are making a racket in the classroom.
そんな小さなことで騒がなくてもいいですよ。
そんなちいさなことでさわがなくてもいいですよ。
There's no need to make a fuss over something that small.
Common patterns
- 大声で騒ぐ
- to be loud and rowdy
- 子供が騒ぐ
- for children to be noisy
- 騒がしい
- noisy, rowdy
Memory tip
騒ぐ describes a group being loud and unruly, not one person shouting (that's 叫ぶ). It also covers making a fuss over something trivial. The adjective 騒がしい means "noisy".
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