うご
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
2. to operate; to run; to go; to work
3. to make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action
4. to be touched; to be influenced
5. to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver
sometimes prenom. as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc. to mean "certain"
6. to be transferred
Kanji used
move
Pitch accent
Top 300
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
Examples (65 in total)
I can't move my fingers.
Don't move from here.
It's still moving.
Don't move, or I'll shoot you.
He was unable to move.
Even so, the Earth moves!
Is that clock working?
America is a country on the move.
My heart is beating like crazy.
My laptop's stopped working.
The elevator isn't running.
Is this engine functional?
This vending machine isn't working.
Puppets work with wires.
The pump didn't work properly.
The swing is moving up and down.
Did you feel the earth move?
The car didn't move.
Can you move this desk by yourself?
There was something moving in the distance.
These machines aren't working now.
It's dangerous to jump off a moving train.
Most elevators operate automatically.
My watch is not working normally.
Something is moving behind the bush.
It is dangerous to jump onto a moving train.
Trains are running on schedule.
Galileo argued that the earth moves.
This car runs on natural gas.
I'm so tired that I can barely move.
He acted quickly and put out the fire.
The horse stopped and wouldn't move.
This machine works by electricity.
The bell rang, and the train began to move.
Can you explain how this machine works?
Her car broke down on the way.
Why is my code not working?
He can move quietly and quickly.
This toy car runs on batteries.
The oven in my house didn't run well today.
This machine is driven by a small motor.
The car got stuck in the mud.
All the vehicles behaved well on their test runs.
The police are acting on information received.
I felt something move in the house.
This stone is too heavy for me to move.
Is your new car behaving well?
When will this machine be put in motion again?
I saw a strange moving object in the sky.
The soldier was wounded in the leg and couldn't move.
Not seeing anything in the dark, we couldn't move.
The clock was working, but the alarm hadn't gone off.
As soon as he got on the bus, it began to move.
Our planet moves in space with the lightness of a bird in flight.
The man regained the use of his left arm.
I want to do my best to make this program work well.
The man was too fat to move by himself.
The Wright brothers succeeded in flying an airplane driven by an engine.
Sadako wanted to say more, but her mouth and tongue wouldn't move.
He couldn't move and had to call for help.
Everything in that house revolved upon Aunt Mary.
I don't know if it's a bug or not, but this software doesn't work correctly.
Tom wanted Mary to stay where she was until he got back.
This watch doesn't work.
They were so frightened that they couldn't move an inch.