動く (Ugoku) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to move, to stir, to shift, to shake”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
- godan verb, intransitive verbto operate; to run; to go; to work
- godan verb, intransitive verbto make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be touched; to be influenced
- godan verb, intransitive verbto change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waversometimes prenom. as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc. to mean "certain"
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be transferred
Examples
動かないで!
Hold it!
心が動くね。
That sounds very tempting.
動くな撃つぞ。
Don't move, or I'll shoot you.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).