運動

うんどうする · undousuru · JLPT N4 · noun

exercise

🏃 運動 = carry (運) + move (動): carrying your body into motion

運 means carry or transport, 動 means move. Put together, undou is moving your body around: exercise. Add する (to do) and it becomes the verb undou suru, to exercise. Sound hook: un-DOU, you DO it.

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