あやふやな手つきで一枚の紙を動かした。

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あやふやな 手つき で 一 枚 の 紙 を 動かした 。

English Translation

She fumbled with a piece of paper.

Furigana

あやふやな手(て)つきで一(いち)枚(まい)の紙(かみ)を動(うご)かした。

Romanji

Ayafuyana tetsuki de ichi mai no kami o ugokashita.

Words

あやふや (あやふや)

uncertain; vague; ambiguous

手つき (てつき)

manner of using one's hands

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

枚 (まい)

counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper)

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

紙 (かみ)

paper

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

動かす (うごかす)

to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; to change; to alter; to deny; to operate; to set in motion; to get going; to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy; to manage (e.g. funds)

Kanji

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

枚

Readings: マイ、 バイ

Meanings: sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

紙

Readings: シ、 かみ

Meaning: paper

動

Readings: ドウ、 うご.く、 うご.かす

Meanings: move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake