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動く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
動く
BOOST
Reading : うごく   
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
2. to operate; to run; to go; to work
3. to be touched; to be influenced
4. to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver
5. certain; factual  (as 動かぬ, 動かない, etc.)
6. to be transferred
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 3 (among the 3,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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動く is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 12,000 (about 57,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 389 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 3237
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
この
きかい
機械
でんき
電気
うご

This machine is driven by electricity.
わたし
そら
ふしぎ
不思議
うご
ぶったい
物体

I saw a strange moving object in the sky.
こうきょう
公共
こうつう
交通
ゆそう
輸送
きかん
機関
せいかく
正確
うご
いています

The public transportation system runs like clockwork.
うごく
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 100,000 (about 1,840,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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