動き出す・動きだす|うごきだすugokidasu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto start to move; to get going; to come alive
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 動き出す(うごきだす) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 動き出します(うごきだします) |
| Negative (nai) | 動き出さない(うごきださない) |
| polite (masen) | 動き出しません(うごきだしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 動き出さず・動き出さぬ(うごきださず・うごきださぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 動き出した(うごきだした) |
| polite (mashita) | 動き出しました(うごきだしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 動き出さなかった(うごきださなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 動き出しませんでした(うごきだしませんでした) |
| Te form | 動き出して(うごきだして) |
| Potential | 動き出せる(うごきだせる) |
| Passive | 動き出される(うごきだされる) |
| Causative | 動き出させる(うごきださせる) |
| Causative passive | 動き出させられる(うごきださせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 動き出せば(うごきだせば) |
| tara | 動き出したら(うごきだしたら) |
| Volitional | 動き出そう(うごきだそう) |
| polite (mashou) | 動き出しましょう(うごきだしましょう) |
| Imperative | 動き出せ(うごきだせ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym始動しどうNeutralStarting something up, as in 「エンジンを始動」 or 「計画が始動」; leans formal.
- Synonym着手ちゃくしゅNeutralSetting to work on a task, as in 「工事に着手する」; the focus is on beginning the work itself, not on things starting to move.
- Related作動するNeutralFor machines operating or being triggered, as in 「警報が作動する」; technical in tone, and never used for a person starting to act.
- Related稼働するNeutralFor equipment going into operation, as in 「工場が稼働する」; the emphasis is on running in production, not on starting to move.
- Antonym止まるとまるNeutralTo stop or come to a halt — the opposite of 「動き出す」, which is about something beginning to move.
- Antonym静止するNeutralTo stay motionless — the opposite of 「動き出す」 coming alive and getting going.
Use 「動き出す」 for something starting to move or a situation starting to move, as in 「電車が動き出す」「事態が動き出す」. For starting a machine pick 「始動」, and for getting started on work pick 「着手」; 「作動する」 and 「稼働する」 are for machinery and equipment in operation.
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