Meaning of 動作 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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動作JLPT 2
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Kana Readingどうさ
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Romajidōsa
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior; execution; actuation; operation; manners
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Example Sentences
動作, どうさ used in context
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未来進行形は、未来の時点で進行中の動作や出来事を表現するときに用いられますが、例文は進行中の動作とは考えられません。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
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未来進行形は、未来の時点で進行中の動作や出来事を表現するときに用いられますが、例文は進行中の動作とは考えられません。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
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Past tense is used in connection with actions in the past.
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「述部」とは、動作を表す部分で、最後が「~だ」「~する」などになる部分です。
The "predicate" is that part that shows the action in the sentence. In Japanese it would be the part that ends in "da", "suru", etc.
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「主部」とは、文の中の動作をする人・物で、日本語に直した場合に「~は」「~が」になる部分です。
The "subject" is the person or object to carry out the action in the sentence. Transformed to Japanese it would be the part that end in "wa" or "ga".
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福祉予算を犠牲にして打ち上げられた人工衛星は、正常に動作しなかった。
The artificial satellite launched at the cost of the welfare budget did not work properly.
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Kanji found in this word
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
On: ドウ
Kun: うご.く, うご.かす
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