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震える

ふるえる

to tremble, to shake

Mnemonic

Whatever sits under the rain will not keep still. He came in from the yard blue round the mouth and could not get the cup up to his face. Flu ふる, or just the cold: ふるえる.

Worth knowing

地震 じしん is an earthquake, the same 震. 震える is a person shaking rather than the ground.

Built from

tremble, quake
雨 rain across the top and everything underneath it shaking.

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