揺れる

ゆれる

To sway, to shake, to rock

N4verb·yureru

How to remember it

The hand radical rocks 揺 back and forth like a cradle swaying in the wind.

Example sentences

  • 風で木の葉が揺れている。

    かぜでのきはがゆれている。

    The leaves are swaying in the wind.

  • 地震で建物が揺れた。

    じしんでたてものがゆれた。

    The building shook during the earthquake.

Usage

Intransitive; the thing that shakes takes the particle が.

Related words

揺する震える揺らぐ動く

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