Illustration: Inside a suburban train rounding a bend, a row of hanging hand straps swings to one side while standing passengers lean with the carriage's rocking movement. A seated child's dangling legs and a charm hanging from a schoolbag tilt in the same direction.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

揺ゆれる

yureru

to shake, to sway

Example sentences

  1. 家いえが揺ゆれるのを感かんじた。

    I felt the house shake.

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  2. 地震じしんで建物たてものが揺ゆれた。

    The buildings shook in the earthquake.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 船ふねは強つよい風かぜを受うけて揺ゆれた。

    The ship swayed in the strong wind.

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Kanji in 揺

  • 揺swing; shakeOnヨウKunゆれる・ゆる・ゆらぐ

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