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    3. 動き出す

    動き出す

    動うごき​出だす​

    to start to move

    KMT8Ref L1Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    動きだす

    うごきだす

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to start to move, to get going, to come alive

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    電でん車しゃがゆっくりと動うごき出だした。

    The train slowly started to move.

    KMT6Daily Life
    目め覚ざまし時ど計けいが鳴なり、一いち日にちが動うごき出だす。

    The alarm clock rings, and the day begins.

    KMT7Daily Life
    会かい議ぎは予よ定てい通どおりに動うごき出だした。

    The meeting started as scheduled.

    KMT8Daily Life
    新あたらしいプロジェクトが来らい月げつから本ほん格かく的てきに動うごき出だす。

    The new project will officially start moving from next month.

    KMT8Work & Career
    長ながい冬ふゆが終おわり、自し然ぜんが再ふたたび動うごき出だす季き節せつが来きた。

    The long winter is over, and the season when nature comes alive again has arrived.

    KMT9Nature & Environment

    Characters that make up this word

    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    Kanji
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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