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    3. 鼓動

    鼓動

    鼓こ動どう

    beat

    KMT9News #26+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab24 strokes

    こどう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    beat, palpitation, pulsation, throbbing

    Stroke 0 / 24

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    彼かれの心しん臓ぞうの鼓こ動どうが速はやくなった。

    His heart's beat quickened.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    緊きん張ちょうで自じ分ぶんの鼓こ動どうが聞きこえるほどだった。

    I was so nervous that I could hear my own heartbeat.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    医い師しは患かん者じゃの脈みゃくをとり、鼓こ動どうの強つよさを確かく認にんした。

    The doctor took the patient's pulse and checked the strength of the heartbeat.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    激はげしい運うん動どうの後あと、鼓こ動どうがしばらく収おさまらなかった。

    After intense exercise, my heartbeat didn't calm down for a while.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthSports & Martial ArtsDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは期き待たいで胸むねの鼓こ動どうが高たかまるのを感かんじた。

    She felt her heart beat faster with anticipation.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    鼓
    つづみ…(1)
    drum・beat・rouse・muster
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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