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There are 15 total results for your 動く search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

動く

see styles
 ugoku
    うごく
(v5k,vi) (1) to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; (v5k,vi) (2) to operate; to run; to go; to work; (v5k,vi) (3) to make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action; (v5k,vi) (4) to be touched; to be influenced; (v5k,vi) (5) (sometimes prenom. as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc. to mean "certain") to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; (v5k,vi) (6) to be transferred

身動ぐ

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 mijirogu
    みじろぐ
(v5g,vi) to stir; to move

動く歩道

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 ugokuhodou / ugokuhodo
    うごくほどう
(exp,n) moving walkway; moving sidewalk; travelator

ゆれ動く

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 yureugoku
    ゆれうごく
(v5k,vi) to tremble

心が動く

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 kokorogaugoku
    こころがうごく
(exp,v5k) to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

揺り動く

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 yuriugoku
    ゆりうごく
(v5k,vi) to quake; to swing

揺れ動く

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 yureugoku
    ゆれうごく
(v5k,vi) to tremble

陰で動く

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 kagedeugoku
    かげでうごく
(Godan verb with "ku" ending) to act behind the scenes

電気で動く

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 denkideugoku
    でんきでうごく
(v5k,exp) to run by electricity

食指が動く

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 shokushigaugoku
    しょくしがうごく
(exp,v5k) to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to

ぴくぴく動く

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 pikupikuugoku / pikupikugoku
    ぴくぴくうごく
(exp,v5k) to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch

ハウルの動く城

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 haurunougokushiro / haurunogokushiro
    ハウルのうごくしろ
(work) Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film); (wk) Howl's Moving Castle (2004 animated film)

Variations:
身じろぐ
身動ぐ

see styles
 mijirogu
    みじろぐ
(v5g,vi) to stir; to move

Variations:
揺れ動く
ゆれ動く

see styles
 yureugoku
    ゆれうごく
(v5k,vi) (1) to shake; to tremble; to sway; to flicker; (v5k,vi) (2) to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate; to waver (e.g. between options); to vacillate; to seesaw

Variations:
ピクピク動く
ぴくぴく動く

see styles
 pikupikuugoku(pikupiku動ku); pikupikuugoku(pikupiku動ku) / pikupikugoku(pikupiku動ku); pikupikugoku(pikupiku動ku)
    ピクピクうごく(ピクピク動く); ぴくぴくうごく(ぴくぴく動く)
(exp,v5k) to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
This page contains 15 results for "動く" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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