I Love Kanji動く (ugoku)
動く (うごく, ugoku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to move; to stir”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- うごく
- Romaji
- ugoku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N4 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing · godan verb, intransitive
- to operate; to run; to go; to work · godan verb, intransitive
- to make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action · godan verb, intransitive
- to be touched; to be influenced · godan verb, intransitive
- to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver · godan verb, intransitive · sometimes prenom. as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc. to mean "certain"
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 動く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 動く | うごく ugoku |
| Polite (~masu) | 動きます | うごきます ugokimasu |
| Negative | 動かない | うごかない ugokanai |
| Polite negative | 動きません | うごきません ugokimasen |
| Past | 動いた | うごいた ugoita |
| Polite past | 動きました | うごきました ugokimashita |
| Negative past | 動かなかった | うごかなかった ugokanakatta |
| Te-form | 動いて | うごいて ugoite |
| Potential | 動ける | うごける ugokeru |
| Passive | 動かれる | うごかれる ugokareru |
| Causative | 動かせる | うごかせる ugokaseru |
| Volitional | 動こう | うごこう ugokou |
| Imperative | 動け | うごけ ugoke |
| Conditional (~ba) | 動けば | うごけば ugokeba |
Kanji in 動く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 動く.
動物どうぶつanimal自動車じどうしゃcar運動うんどうexercise動物園どうぶつえんzoo自動じどうautomatic移動いどうmovement活動かつどうactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.)感動かんどうbeing deeply moved emotionally行動こうどうaction異動いどう(personnel) change動詞どうしverb動揺どうようshaking動かすうごかすto move動作どうさmovement (of the body)
Source: JMdict entry 1451210 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.