Illustration: In a compact apartment laundry area, a washing machine shakes during its spin cycle. Its flexible drain hose quivers, a lightweight plastic cup rattles against the edge of a shelf, and ripples spread across water in a nearby basin.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

振しん動どう

shindou

vibration, oscillation

Example sentences

  1. このハイテク枕まくらね、いびきをかくと振動しんどうするのよ。

    This smart pillow vibrates when you snore.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 一定いっていの時間じかんが来くると鉄板てっぱんが細こまかく振動しんどうし、たこ焼やきが回転かいてんする。

    The iron plate vibrates slightly after a lapse of specified time, rotating takoyaki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 祭まつり、歌舞伎かぶき、能のう、寺社じしゃにおける儀式等ぎしきとうに用もちいられ、木きでできた胴どうに皮かわを張はり、それを振動しんどうさせて音おとを出だすものである。

    Japanese drums are used in festivals, kabuki Noh plays, and ceremonies in temples or shrines; a leather skin is mounted on a hollowed out wooden trunk and is made to vibrate to emit sound.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 振動

  • 振shake; swingOnシンKunふる・ふれる・ふるう
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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