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動作 (どうさ): action, movements, motions — Japanese vocabulary

動作 is read どうさ and means "action, movements, motions". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

動作

Reading
どうさ · dousa
Translation
action, movements, motions
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
どうさが

Example

彼は動作がぎこちない。

かれはどうさがぎこちない。

He is awkward in his movements.

Kanji in this word

  • 動 — move, motion
  • 作 — make, create

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