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Verbs of motion — 動きの動詞

To pass, cross, follow, chase, slip, fall over, sink, float — how things and people move. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

とおりすぎる verb
通り過ぎる to pass by
おう verb
追う to chase, to follow
おいつく verb
追いつく to catch up with
ただよう verb
漂う to drift, to float about
のぼる verb
昇る to rise, to ascend (sun, rank)
もどす verb
戻す to return (something), to put back
ひきかえす verb
引き返す to turn back
もぐる verb
潜る to dive, to go under
ころがる verb
転がる to roll
はねる verb
跳ねる to bounce, to splash
くずれる verb
崩れる to collapse, to crumble
たおす verb
倒す to knock down, to defeat
とびだす verb
飛び出す to rush out, to jump out
とぶ verb
跳ぶ to jump, to leap
はう verb
這う to crawl
またぐ verb
跨ぐ to step over, to straddle
のぼる verb
上る to go up, to climb (stairs, a river)
めぐる verb
巡る to go around, to tour
ちかづく verb
近づく to approach
はなれる verb
離れる to leave, to be apart from
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Verbs of motion — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
to knock down, to defeat
verb
to approach
verb
to go up, to climb (stairs, a river)
verb
to jump, to leap
verb
to rush out, to jump out
verb
to dive, to go under
verb
to rise, to ascend (sun, rank)
verb
to roll
verb
to catch up with
verb
to collapse, to crumble
verb
2    What does it mean?
離れる
追う
戻す
巡る
通り過ぎる
跳ねる
跨ぐ
引き返す
漂う
這う
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