顫せん動どう

noun

vibration; trembling; shaking

Refers to a rapid, small-scale oscillation or quivering motion. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action of trembling or vibrating. The kanji form 顫動 is very rare; the word is normally written in kana.

• 地じ震しんで建たて物ものがせんどうした。

  The building trembled from the earthquake.

• 機き械かいのせんどうが手てに伝つたわってくる。

  The vibration of the machine is transmitted to my hands.