Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 動く in Japanese
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動くJLPT 4
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Kana Readingうごく
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Romajiugoku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to operate; to run; to go; to work
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be touched; to be influenced
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- certain; factual
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to be transferred
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Examples of 動く, うごく in a sentence
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The car wouldn't start.
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The shoulder joints, as well as moving on their own, also move in conjunction with arm movements.
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The shoulder joints, as well as moving on their own, also move in conjunction with arm movements.
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It's when you become able to move that the real value of health hits home.
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静かに！みんなその場を動かないで。これから持ち物検査をはじめます。
Quiet! Everybody stay where they are, there will now be a possessions check.
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Streetcars run on electricity.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 動く
- Plain Polite
- 動きます
- Negative
- 動かない
- Negative Polite
- 動きません
Past
- Plain
- 動いた
- Plain Polite
- 動きました
- Negative
- 動かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 動きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 動いて
- Plain Polite
- 動きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 動かれる
- Plain Polite
- 動かれます
- Negative
- 動かれない
- Negative Polite
- 動かれません
Related Kanji
動
JLPT 4
11 strokes
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
On'Yomi: ドウ
Kun'Yomi: うご.く, うご.かす