ググる

Guguru

ぐぐる

Google' → 'gugu' + the verb-making suffix 'ru' — means to search the internet. People say 'guguru' even when they're not using Google. It conjugates like a regular verb: 'gugure' (google it), 'gugutte mitara' (try googling it). Same word-formation pattern as the English verb 'to google.' A well-established slang term understood across all age groups.

文 Examples

分からないことはとりあえずググれば出てくるよ

If you don't know something, just google it — it'll come up.

Teaching a junior coworker how to look things up

ググったけど全然情報出てこなかった

I googled it but nothing came up at all.

Reporting search results to a friend

レシピはいつもググって作ってる

I always just google recipes when I cook.

それくらいググれよって思うこと多い

So many times I find myself thinking, 'Just google it.'