身動き – vocab dash

身み動うごき

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring (usu. with neg. verb)

2. acting freely; doing as one pleases (usu. with neg. verb)

Kanji used

身one's body 動move

Pitch accent

みうごき

Composed of

身み

one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); …

Noun

動うごき

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation

Noun

Examples5

その子こ供どもは恐きょう怖ふで身み動うごきができなかった。

The child was paralyzed with fear.

君きみはこのまま収しゅう入にゅう不ふ相そう応おうな暮くらしを続つづければ金かねに困こまって身み動うごきがとれなくなるだろう。

You'll find yourself in deep water if you continue to live beyond your means.

ネコは身み動うごきひとつしなかった。

The cat didn't move a muscle.

彼かれは危き険けんに直ちょく面めんして身み動うごきできなかった。

He was paralyzed in the face of danger.

私わたしたちは身み動うごきもしなかったし、物もの音おと一ひとつ立たてなかった。

We neither moved nor made any noise.