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    3. 身動き

    身動き

    身み動うごき​

    movement (of one's body)

    KMT8News #21+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    身うごき

    みうごき

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    movement (of one's body), moving about, stirring
    2.
    acting freely, doing as one pleases

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    狭せまい場ば所しょで身み動うごきが取とれない。

    I can't move in this narrow space.

    KMT7Daily Life
    彼かれは怪け我がをして、しばらく身み動うごきができなかった。

    He was injured and couldn't move for a while.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    満まん員いん電でん車しゃでは、身み動うごきするのも大たい変へんだ。

    It's hard to even move on a crowded train.

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    網あみにかかった鳥とりは、身み動うごきが取とれずに助たすけを待まっていた。

    The bird caught in the net couldn't move and waited for help.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    予よ期きせぬ事じ態たいに直ちょく面めんし、彼かれは身み動うごきができないほど動どう揺ようした。

    Faced with an unexpected situation, he was so agitated that he couldn't move.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    Kanji
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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