振動

しんどう · shindou · JLPT N1 · noun

oscillation; vibration

🔔 振 = shake, 動 = move: shake-and-move equals vibration

振 (shin) means shake or swing, and 動 (dou) means move. Together they describe repeated back-and-forth motion, the core idea of oscillation.

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