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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ動どう化か

jidouka

to automate

Example sentences

  1. かつては職員しょくいんが配置はいちされていたが、現在げんざいは完全かんぜん自動化じどうかされている。

    Staff was once stationed at the lighthouse, but now the system is fully automated.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. これが自動化じどうかされたらどんなにいいか。

    It would be great if this were automated.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 自動化じどうかに適てきしていないのはどのような仕事しごとですか？

    What kinds of jobs aren’t suited to automation?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 自動化

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす
  • 化change; take the form ofOnカ・ケKunばける・ばかす・ふける

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