Components
動めく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
うごめく
BOOST
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 74,276 which gives a rank of 12,611
うごめく is the most useful form. 4 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 66,000 (about 4,930,000 results)
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Example sentences:
やみ
まるで
きて
こきゅう
呼吸
うごめ
いている
ように
かん
じられた

It felt as though the darkness was a living, breathing, writhing thing.
動めく
BOOST
Reading : うごめく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 213,000 (about 170,000 results)
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蠢く
BOOST
Reading : うごめく   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 122,000 (about 1,010,000 results)
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蠕く
BOOST
Reading : うごめく   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 219,000 (about 132,000 results)
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蠢めく
BOOST
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 248,000 (about 15,300 results)
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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   
うごめく to wriggle, to squirm   
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シュン   はる spring   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ゼン   うごめ to wriggle, to squirm   
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ジュ    need, demand   
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ジ   しか and then, moreover   
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フ   あめ rain   
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