Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. schwingen; schwenken (Fahne); wedeln (Schwanz); läuten (Glocke)
2. nicken; schütteln; winken
3. streuen (Salz); versprengen; werfen (Würfel)
4. (etw. an einen anderen Ort) verlegen
5. mit etw. versehen (Kanji mit Furigana); zuteilen; zuweisen (Aufgabe, Rolle)
6. verzichten auf
7. abweisen; zurückweisen; eine Abfuhr erteilen; einen Korb geben
8. abdrehen; schwenken; einlenken
9. absieden; abkochen
10. ausgeben; ziehen; trassieren (Wechsel, Scheck)
Kanji used
to wave
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (28 in total)
nicken; den Kopf schütteln
den Kopf schütteln; verneinen
Examples (13 in total)
Tom dumped me.
Swing your arm back and forth.
Shake before using.
He shook his head up and down.
The dog wagged its tail eagerly.
I shook my head a few times.
Shake the bottle before using.
The dog was wagging his tail.
We broke up. To be precise, she broke up with me.
The player swung the bat at a ball.
The dog, wagging its tail, followed its master.
He turned the bottle upside down and shook it, but still the honey wouldn't come out.
Shake well before use.