Illustration: In a family apartment's kitchen, a child grips both sides of a small wheeled storage cart and rocks it back and forth to dislodge a toy caught behind a basket. Their bent elbows and braced feet show deliberate repeated force.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

揺ゆする

yu suru

to shake, to rock

Example sentences

地震じしんが大地だいちを揺ゆすった。
The earthquake shook the ground.
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彼かれは息子むすこの肩かたをつかんで揺ゆすった。
He shook his son by the shoulder.
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近ちかい距離きょりを伝つたえるのにはくるくる輪わを描えがきながら踊おどり、もっと遠とおい距離きょりを示しめすには体からだを揺ゆすったり、前後ぜんごに飛とんだりする。
They dance in circles to communicate a short distance, and shake their bodies and dart back and forth to indicate a longer distance.
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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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