Keyword
shake
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig2118
Old form
Readings
(78%)
よう
(20%)
Composed of
left hand
claw (radical)
open box
left to dry
Used in vocabulary (78 in total)
to shake; to sway; to waver
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to rock; to shake; to swing
Examples (41 in total)
The ground started shaking.
I felt the house shake.
We felt the house shake.
We felt the ground trembling.
I felt the earth shake.
I felt the floor shake.
The ship swayed in the strong wind.
The ceiling over my head shook.
I don't want to upset anyone.
She's very upset.
The explosion shook the whole building.
We felt the earth tremble.
The ship rolled from side to side in the storm.
Don't you feel the house shaking?
We felt the house shake a little.
I was profoundly disturbed by this news.
The red and white flag fluttered in the wind.
My house always shakes when a truck goes by.
The earthquake shook the house.
The buildings shook in the earthquake.
I felt disturbed at the sad news.
The earthquake shook the ground.
He shook his son by the shoulder.
A strong yen is shaking the economy.
The shaking finally stopped.
He fluctuated between hope and despair.
The ground started to shake and the alarm rang.
Our friendship remained firm.
The earthquake shook the houses.
I was upset by the news of the traffic accident.
When the bomb was dropped, I felt the house rock back and forth.
I rocked the baby in my arms.
The cups on the desk rattled during the earthquake.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
All the houses were shaking and alarms were ringing everywhere.
At present, trust in school education is wavering.
The baby soon fell asleep in the cradle.
The baby is sleeping in the cradle.
The baby was sleeping in the cradle.
In the Hanshin earthquake, the ground shook for a long time.
Greece was the cradle of western civilization.