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Learn Hardcore Japanese: ugoku - to move

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 8
/ugoku

ugoku

Word

動うごくugoku

Meaning

to move

Part of speech

group 1, verb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of ugoku

この　時計とけい　は　古ふるい　です　が、　まだ　動うごきます。kono tokei wa furui desu ga, mada ugokimasu.

This clock is old, but it still moves.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

バス　は　駅えき　で　止とまって　から　すぐ　に　動うごきました。basu wa eki de tomatte kara sugu ni ugokimashita.

The bus stopped at the station and then moved again immediately.

包丁ほうちょう　を　使つかう　とき　は、　まな板いた　が　動うごかない　よう　に　気き　を　つけます。houchou o tsukau toki wa, manaita ga ugokanai you ni ki o tsukemasu.

When using a kitchen knife, I’m careful so that the cutting board doesn’t move.

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