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    上下動

    上じょう下げ動どう

    vertical motion (in earthquakes)

    KMT10News #43+1NounScience & MathKanji Vocab17 strokes

    じょうげどう

    Noun

    1.
    vertical motion (in earthquakes)

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    地じ震しんで建たて物ものが上じょう下げ動どうした。

    The building moved up and down during the earthquake.

    KMT8Science & MathHome & Housing
    エレベーターの急きゅうな上じょう下げ動どうに驚おどろいた。

    I was surprised by the elevator's sudden vertical motion.

    KMT10Daily LifeTechnology
    株かぶ価かの激はげしい上じょう下げ動どうは投とう資し家かを不ふ安あんにさせた。

    The violent fluctuations in stock prices made investors uneasy.

    KMT10Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    地じ震しんの初しょ期き微び動どうは、P波ピーはによる上じょう下げ動どうが特とく徴ちょうである。

    The initial tremor of an earthquake is characterized by vertical motion due to P-waves.

    KMT10Science & Math
    この機き械かいは、精せい密みつな上じょう下げ動どうを制せい御ぎょするシステムを搭とう載さいしている。

    This machine is equipped with a system that controls precise vertical motion.

    KMT10TechnologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    上
    うえ・-うえ・うわ-・かみ・あ.げる・-あ.げる…(22)
    above・up
    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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