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    3. 躍る

    躍る

    躍おどる​

    to jump up

    KMT10News #37+1Verb, IntransitiveSports & Martial ArtsMusic & EntertainmentKanji Vocab22 strokes

    跳る

    おどる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to jump up, to spring up, to leap
    2.
    to move around, to bounce up and down
    3.
    to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement), to throb
    4.
    to be messy (of handwriting), to be untidy

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    音おん楽がくに合あわせて体からだが躍おどる。

    My body dances to the music.

    KMT7Music & EntertainmentDaily Life
    選せん手しゅたちは勝しょう利りを喜よろこび、ピッチを躍おどり回まわった。

    The athletes rejoiced in victory and danced around the pitch.

    KMT9Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    祭まつりの夜よる、人ひと々びとは太たい鼓このリズムに合あわせて躍おどり続つづけた。

    On the night of the festival, people continued to dance to the rhythm of the drums.

    KMT9Music & EntertainmentCulture & Traditions
    期き待たいで胸むねが躍おどるのを感かんじた。

    I felt my heart pound with anticipation.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの筆ひっ跡せきは、感かん情じょうのままに文も字じが躍おどるような独どく特とくのスタイルだ。

    His handwriting has a unique style where the characters seem to dance with his emotions.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    躍
    おど.る…(2)
    leap・dance・skip
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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