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揺るがす[ゆるがす] (yurugasu)

shake; shock

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Meaning

揺るがす (ゆるがす, yurugasu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “shake; shock”.

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Example sentences 11

そのスキャンダルは世間せけんを揺ゆるがす大だい事件じけんだった

The scandal was a major incident that rocked the world.

義時はこれを幕府の根幹を揺るがすと拒否。

Yoshitoki refused, saying that it would shake the very foundation of the Bakufu government.

義時はこれを幕府の根幹を揺るがすとして拒否する。

Yoshitoki, who saw these requests as shaking the very foundations of shogunal authority, refused.

この乱によりキリスト教は幕藩体制を揺るがす元凶と考えた。

This war made the Bakufu believe that Christianity might shake the feudal system that was characteristic of the shogunate.

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