Word Meaning 動き出す

うごきだす ugokidasu

動き出す is read as うごきだす (ugokidasu) and means to start to move.

Meaning

English

to start to move
to get going
to come alive

Reading

Kana

うごきだす

Romaji

ugokidasu

Writing Variants

動きだす うごきだす ugokidasu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Related Words 動く,作動する,作動,開業 Rank 23670 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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出動

しゅつどう

mobilization

自動金銭出入機

じどうきんせんしゅつにゅうき

automatic teller machine

動かす

うごかす

to manage (e.g. funds)

動き

うごき

movement

動物

どうぶつ

animal

動員

どういん

mobilization

動作

どうさ

movement (of the body)

動力

どうりょく

three-phase electricity

動じる

どうじる

to be perturbed

動

どう

motion

動く

うごく

to be transferred

動画

どうが

in-betweens (animation)

Example Sentences

動き出すとき、ベルが「ちんちん」と鳴る。だから、ちんちん電車。

When it sets off the bell rings, "ding-ding". Thus 'ding-ding-train'.

何か出そうな定番の場所ですからね。自動演奏するグランドピアノや独りでに動き出す人体模型や。

That's because they're the classic places for 'something' to appear. Like the grand piano that plays by itself, the human anatomical model that moves by itself ...