To Move
To Function
intransitive verb, godan verb
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.
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."
足は動く
legs move, feet move
車は動く
the car moves
体は動く
the body moves
心が動く
to feel moved, to feel tempted
人が動く
people move
体が動く
one's body moves
勝手に動く
to move on its own accord
自由に動く
to move freely
スムーズに動く
to operate smoothly
パソコンで動く
to run on a computer
電池で動く
to run on batteries
自分で動く
to move on one's own
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?!