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    3. 振動

    振動

    振しん動どう

    oscillation

    N1KMT6News #11+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathKanji Vocab21 strokes

    しんどう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    oscillation, vibration, swing (e.g. of a pendulum)

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    地じ震しんで建たて物ものが振しん動どうした。

    The building vibrated during the earthquake.

    KMT5Science & MathNature & Environment
    スマートフォンが振しん動どうして着ちゃく信しんを知しらせた。

    My smartphone vibrated to notify me of an incoming call.

    KMT6Science & MathTechnology
    音おとは空くう気きの振しん動どうによって伝つたわる。

    Sound is transmitted by the vibration of air.

    KMT7Science & Math
    エンジニアは、機き械かいの異い常じょうな振しん動どうの原げん因いんを調ちょう査さしている。

    Engineers are investigating the cause of abnormal vibrations in the machine.

    KMT8Science & MathTechnologyWork & Career
    地じ震しんの初しょ期き微び動どうは、P波はと呼よばれる小ちいさな振しん動どうから始はじまる。

    The initial tremor of an earthquake begins with small vibrations called P-waves.

    KMT8Science & MathNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    振
    ふ.る・ふ.れる・ふ.るう…(2)
    shake・wave・wag・swing
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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