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動く
Readings

ugoku
English
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to operate, to run, to go, to work

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to make a move, to take action, to act, to go into action

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to be touched, to be influenced

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
sometimes prenom. as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc. to mean "certain"
to change, to vary, to fluctuate, to waver

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to be transferred

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 動く, 動きます
[does], will [do]
動かない, 動きません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 動いた, 動きました
[did]
動かなかった, 動きませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 動いて, 動きまして 動かないで, 動きませんで 動かなくて
Kanjis
ON: ドウ KUN: うご.く, うご.かす
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

Stroke: 11 Grade: 3 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-9-2 FC: 2412.2


Phrases
まだ動くうちに売ってしまわなきゃ。
Parts: 未だ (まだ) 動く (うごく) (うち) 売る (うる) 仕舞う (しまわ) 無きゃ (なきゃ)
I should sell it while it still runs.

私は家の中で何かが動くのを感じた。
Parts: (わたし) (いえ) (なか) 何か (なにか) 動く (うごく) 感じる (かんじる)
I felt something move in the house.