揺らぐ
ゆらぐ
to sway; to waver; to be shaken (of trust, resolve)
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Examples
風でろうそくの炎が揺らいだ。
かぜでろうそくのほのおがゆらいだ。
The candle flame wavered in the draught.
彼の決意は少しも揺らがなかった。
かれのけついはすこしもゆらがなかった。
His resolve did not waver in the slightest.
相次ぐ不祥事で、会社への信頼が揺らいでいる。
あいつぐふしょうじで、かいしゃへのしんらいがゆらいでいる。
With one scandal after another, trust in the company is being shaken.
Common patterns
- 信頼が揺らぐ
- trust is shaken
- 決意が揺らぐ
- one's resolve wavers
- 地位が揺らぐ
- one's position becomes unsteady
Memory tip
Intransitive, and at N1 usually figurative: confidence, trust or a position wavers. 揺れる is the plain physical shaking, and the transitive partner is 揺るがす "to shake something".
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