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動揺する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	動どう揺ようする	動どう揺ようしない
Polite	動どう揺ようします	動どう揺ようしません
Past polite	動どう揺ようしました	動どう揺ようしませんでした
Past	動どう揺ようした	動どう揺ようしなかった
Te-form	動どう揺ようして	動どう揺ようしないで
Desire	動どう揺ようしたい	動どう揺ようしたくない
Potential	動どう揺ようできる	動どう揺ようできない
Passive	動どう揺ようされる	動どう揺ようされない
Causative	動どう揺ようさせる	動どう揺ようさせない
Causative passive	動どう揺ようさせられる	動どう揺ようさせられない
Volitional	動どう揺ようしよう
Polite volitional	動どう揺ようしましょう
Imperative	動どう揺ようしろ	動どう揺ようするな
Conditional	動どう揺ようすれば	動どう揺ようしなければ
Tara conditional	動どう揺ようしたら	動どう揺ようしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

shaking; swaying; pitching and rolling; oscillation

Physical movement back and forth or from side to side. Often used somewhat formally or technically for a ship, aircraft, structure, or object that is shaking, swaying, pitching, or rolling.

荒あら波なみで船せん体たいが激はげしく動どう揺ようした。
The hull pitched and rolled violently in the rough waves.
乱らん気き流りゅうで機き体たいに大おおきな動どう揺ようがあった。
There was major shaking of the aircraft due to turbulence.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

agitation; unrest; turmoil; feeling shaken

Mental, social, or political instability: a person being shaken emotionally, or a group, market, or society falling into unrest or commotion.

突とつ然ぜんの知しらせに、彼かの女じょはひどく動どう揺ようした。
She was badly shaken by the sudden news.
首しゅ相しょうの辞じ任にん発はっ表ぴょうで市し場じょうに動どう揺ようが広ひろがった。
The prime minister's resignation announcement spread turmoil through the market.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が動どう揺ようするfor a person to be shaken or upset
彼かれはそのニュースを聞きいて動どう揺ようした。
He was shaken when he heard the news.
〈物もの〉が動どう揺ようするfor a ship, aircraft, or structure to sway or pitch
船ふねが大おおきく動どう揺ようした。
The ship pitched and rolled heavily.
動どう揺ようを隠かくすto hide one's shaken state
彼かの女じょは動どう揺ようを隠かくせなかった。
She couldn't hide how shaken she was.
動どう揺ようが広ひろがるfor unrest or agitation to spread
その発はっ表ぴょうを受うけて市し場じょうに動どう揺ようが広ひろがった。
Unrest spread through the market after the announcement.
〈人ひと〉に動どう揺ようを与あたえるto cause someone agitation or distress
その発はっ表ぴょうは社しゃ員いんたちに動どう揺ようを与あたえた。
The announcement shook up the employees.
動どう揺ようを抑おさえるto suppress or control one's agitation
彼かれは動どう揺ようを抑おさえて話はなし続つづけた。
He kept talking while suppressing his agitation.

Kanji

動move, motion, change
揺swing, shake, sway

Related words· 22

揺ゆれ sense 1
揺れ is the everyday word for physical shaking or swaying, while 動揺 is more formal and also covers emotional or social turmoil.
狼ろう狽ばい sense 2
狼狽 describes visible panic or flustered confusion, while 動揺 can describe a more inward, less overtly confused kind of being shaken.
振しん動どうN1sense 1
振動 refers to mechanical vibration or oscillation in a technical sense, while 動揺 can describe larger swaying or pitching and also has figurative emotional uses.
不ふ安あんN3sense 2
不安 is general anxiety or worry about something, while 動揺 specifically describes the shaken, destabilized feeling caused by a particular shock.

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混こん乱らんN3sense 2
混乱 emphasizes confusion or disorder in a situation or group, while 動揺 focuses on the shaken, unsettled feeling of the people involved.
揺ゆさぶり
動揺 describes the internal emotional unrest a person feels, while 揺さぶり emphasizes the external act of causing that unrest.
乱みだれるN2
動揺する is a more formal word for being emotionally shaken, while 乱れる (of the heart or mind) is the everyday way to say feelings become upset.
動どうじるN1
動揺する describes visible shaking or disturbance, while 動じる focuses on inner composure and is usually used in the negative to mean 'unflappable'.
取とり乱みだすN1
動揺する is a more formal, written word for being emotionally shaken, whereas 取り乱す is more colloquial and describes a visible loss of calm.
揺ゆらぎ
動揺 refers specifically to emotional agitation or being shaken up, whereas 揺らぎ is a broader term covering physical, emotional, or statistical wavering.
パニックN3
動揺 describes a milder emotional shakiness or agitation, whereas パニック implies a more intense, often collective loss of control.
ショックN2
動揺 describes being emotionally shaken or unsettled, while ショック emphasizes the sudden, jolting nature of the emotional blow.
乱みだれ
動揺 emphasizes emotional shaking or unrest (e.g. of feelings or a crowd), whereas 乱れ can describe disorder in physical or abstract things as well as feelings.
揺ゆらぐN1
動揺する focuses on a person's mental agitation or shock, while 揺らぐ more broadly describes any resolve, belief, or foundation becoming unstable.
恐きょう慌こうN1
動揺 refers to emotional agitation or unease, while 恐慌 denotes a stronger, more widespread state of fear or crisis.
震ふるえ
動揺 describes emotional shakiness or unease, while 震え describes the physical shaking itself.
錯さく乱らん
動揺 describes emotional agitation or being shaken up, a milder reaction than 錯乱, which implies actual mental derangement or loss of coherent thought.
波は乱らんN1
動揺 refers to emotional or social unrest and shaken feelings, while 波乱 refers to the turbulent events themselves.
揺ゆれるN4
動揺する emphasizes being emotionally upset or disturbed, while 揺れる more neutrally describes wavering or uncertainty of feeling.
焦あせりN3
動揺 describes being emotionally shaken or unsettled, while 焦り is narrower, focusing on the rushed, time-pressured feeling.
興こう奮ふんN2
動揺 is emotional shakiness or upset from being disturbed, carrying a more negative tone than the broader, sometimes positive 興奮.
騒さわぐN4
動揺する is a more formal term for being emotionally shaken, while 騒ぐ in this sense is a more casual, everyday way to describe losing one's calm.

Opposites· 6

安あん定ていN3
安定 means stability or steadiness, the opposite of 動揺, whether that instability is physical swaying or emotional/social unrest.
落おち着つきN1
動揺 means being shaken or upset, the direct opposite of the calm state described by 落ち着き.
冷れい静せいN3
動揺 describes being agitated or shaken, the opposite state from the calm, unruffled composure expressed by 冷静.

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沈ちん着ちゃく
動揺 describes agitation or emotional upset, the opposite of the calm composure expressed by 沈着.
平へい静せい
動揺 means being emotionally shaken or unsettled, the direct opposite of the inner composure expressed by 平静.
不ふ動どう
動揺 means to be shaken or unsettled, the opposite of the steadfast, unwavering sense of 不動.

Don't confuse with

童どう謡よう
童謡 (どうよう) means a children's song and is pronounced identically to 動揺 but is unrelated in meaning.
同どう様ようN3
同様 (どうよう) means 'the same' or 'similarly' and sounds identical to 動揺 despite having a completely different meaning.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound read with on'yomi: 動 means movement, and 揺 means shaking or swaying. The spelling transparently matches the core idea of movement or being shaken.