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揺れる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Physical movement: something oscillates, vibrates, or is unsteady. Covers objects, vehicles, ground, and light.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

waver; become unstable; be shaken

Abstract or emotional instability: feelings, opinions, or situations become unsettled or uncertain.

〈物もの〉が風かぜで揺ゆれるfor something to sway in the wind
木きの葉はが風かぜで揺ゆれている。
The leaves are swaying in the wind.
心こころが揺ゆれるfor one's heart/feelings to waver
彼かの女じょの言こと葉ばに心こころが揺ゆれた。
Her words made my heart waver.
〈場ば所しょ〉が地じ震しんで揺ゆれるfor a place to shake in an earthquake
地じ震しんでビルが大おおきく揺ゆれた。
The building shook violently in the earthquake.
決けつ意いが揺ゆれるfor one's resolve to waver
困こん難なんに直ちょく面めんして決けつ意いが揺ゆれた。
Faced with difficulties, my resolve wavered.

揺ゆらす sense 1
揺らす is the transitive verb (to shake something), while 揺れる is intransitive (something shakes on its own).

震ふるえるN3sense 1
震える describes a finer, often involuntary trembling (like shivering from cold or fear), while 揺れる covers broader swaying or oscillation.
揺ゆらぐN1sense 2
揺らぐ is a more literary word for wavering, often used for abstract things like beliefs, while 揺れる is the everyday word for both physical and emotional instability.
動どう揺ようN1sense 2
動揺する emphasizes being emotionally upset or disturbed, while 揺れる more neutrally describes wavering or uncertainty of feeling.
揺ゆるぐ
揺れる is the everyday word for physical shaking or swaying and can also describe emotional wavering, while 揺るぐ is more formal or dramatic, often used for something large or foundational.

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なびくN1
揺れる describes swaying or shaking in any direction, while 靡く specifically means bending or fluttering in one direction, usually from wind or current.
ぶれるN1
揺れる describes physical swaying or shaking, while ぶれる in its abstract sense describes a stance or opinion becoming inconsistent over time.

安あん定ていN3sense 2
安定する means to be stable or settled, the opposite of 揺れる's sense of being unsteady or wavering.

揺ゆれ
shaking; vibration; tremor; flickering · instability; wavering; unsettledness · linguistic variation; multiple forms for one word
揺ゆれ動うごく
shake; tremble; sway; flicker · be unsettled; fluctuate; waver; vacillate
大おお揺ゆれ
severe shaking; turbulence; great quake
横よこ揺ゆれ
horizontal shaking; lateral tremor · rolling; swaying
縦たて揺ゆれ
vertical shaking; up-and-down tremor · pitch; pitching motion

The modern form continues the classical verb 揺る “shake, sway,” inflected as a lower-bigrade verb.