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  • 東京都
  • 起こる

12 動く To Move

Alternative Meanings

To Operate

Part of Speech

Intransitive verb and Godan verb

Reading

うごく

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

あそこで何か動いたよ。

Something moved over there.

トーフグのサーバーは二十四時間動いているので、いつでもアクセスできますよ。

Tofugu's servers operate twenty-four hours a day, so it can always be accessed.

くそ〜。パソコンが動かなくなっちゃったぜ。どうしてこうなったんだろう?!

Shoot! My computer doesn’t work. How did this happen?!

Meaning Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means move so the verb vocab version is to move.

Reading Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Someone is telling you to move. They are saying "you go (うご) over there. Move! Move!" If it helps, have them pronounce "You go" more like "Ugo."

Utilized Kanji

  • 動
    • どう
    • Move
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