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動どう作さ

N2
どうさ dousa
  1. action
  2. movements
  3. motions
  4. bearing
  5. behaviour
  6. manners
noun

Chinese meanings

动作;举止

Examples

  • 彼かれは動どう作さがぎこちない。
    He is awkward in his movements.
    他的动作很笨拙。
  • 過か去この動どう作さについては過か去こ形けいを用もちいます。
    "Past tense" is used in connection with actions in the past.
    关于过去的动作使用过去式。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('de68433b8d'); // 動作
{
  "id": "de68433b8d",
  "word": "動作",
  "reading": "どうさ",
  "romaji": "dousa",
  "meanings": [
    "action",
    "movements",
    "motions",
    "bearing",
    "behaviour",
    "manners"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1451350,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は動作がぎこちない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{動作|どうさ}がぎこちない。",
      "en": "He is awkward in his movements.",
      "tatoeba_id": 101659
    },
    {
      "ja": "過去の動作については過去形を用います。",
      "furigana": "{過去|かこ}の{動作|どうさ}については{過去形|かこけい}を{用|もち}います。",
      "en": "\"Past tense\" is used in connection with actions in the past.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75207
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "d2c46f0a9d41b18fd567fd97549b66f9696b7ee9ddfeffddc277faa6a8290f5b",
    "meanings": [
      "动作",
      "举止"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は動作がぎこちない。",
        "zh": "他的动作很笨拙。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "過去の動作については過去形を用います。",
        "zh": "关于过去的动作使用过去式。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/de68433b8d",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1451350; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "d8ebbe1905fc5a5f635fc36e74b676e1653891922f5ec98d0d46945267a6baa6"
  }
}