Moto 動: Move; Motion; ChangeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ドウ
- Kun'yomi
- うご(く)、うご(かす)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 1,494 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ドウ)
- 活動かつどうactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action
- 自動車じどうしゃcar; automobile
- 行動こうどうaction; conduct
- 運動うんどうexercise; physical training
- 不動産ふどうさんreal estate
- 動物どうぶつanimal
- 動向どうこうtrend; tendency
- 変動へんどうchange; fluctuation
- 移動いどうmovement; transfer
- 自動じどうautomatic
- 動どうmotion
- 動機どうきmotive; incentive
- 感動かんどうbeing deeply moved emotionally; excitement
- 不動ふどうimmovable; motionless
- 動物園どうぶつえんzoo; zoological gardens
- 暴動ぼうどうinsurrection; rebellion
- 流動りゅうどうflow
- 騒動そうどうstrife; riot
- 機動きどうmaneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre
- 自動的じどうてきautomatic
- 原動力げんどうりょくmotive power; driving force
- 活動家かつどうかactivist
- 発動はつどうputting into operation
- 言動げんどうspeech and conduct; words and deeds
- 選挙運動せんきょうんどうelection campaign; political campaign
- 出動しゅつどうsailing; marching
- 動員どういんmobilization; mobilisation
- 激動げきどうviolent shock; agitation
- 動揺どうようshaking; trembling
- 動植物どうしょくぶつplants and animals; flora and fauna
- 反動はんどうreaction; recoil
- 振動しんどうoscillation; vibration
- 異動いどうchange (personnel); transfer
- 駆動くどうdriving force
- 動作どうさaction; movements
- 動議どうぎmotion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
- 機動隊きどうたいriot police; riot squad
- 流動的りゅうどうてきfluid; unsettled
- 浮動票ふどうひょうswing vote
- 軽自動車けいじどうしゃlight motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car
- 連動れんどうoperating together; working together
- 電動でんどうelectric
- 手動しゅどうmanual (operation)
- 自動販売機じどうはんばいきvending machine
- 運動会うんどうかいathletic meet (esp. at school); sports day
- 動脈どうみゃくartery
- 地殻変動ちかくへんどうdiastrophism; movement and deformation of the earth's crust
- 作動さどうoperation; functioning
- 労働運動ろうどううんどうlabour movement; labor movement
- 動乱どうらんdisturbance; agitation
- 微動びどうslight movement; slight tremor
- 動力どうりょくpower; motive power
- 動態どうたいmovement; dynamic state
- 動画どうがvideo; movie
- 動脈硬化どうみゃくこうかarteriosclerosis; hardening of the arteries
- 大動脈だいどうみゃくaorta
- 衝動しょうどうimpulse; impetus
- 躍動やくどうlively motion; throb
Words that use a kun'yomi
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