Illustration: At a home computer station, a resident has just pressed the desktop tower’s power button. Their fingertip still touches the button as the indicator illuminates and the monitor displays a simple circular loading animation on an otherwise empty screen.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

起き動どう

kidou

to start up, to boot up

Example sentences

  1. パソコンが起動きどうしなくなりました。

    My computer won’t boot up.

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  2. パソコンを再さい起動きどうしてください。

    Please restart your computer.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. インストールを完了かんりょうするには再さい起動きどうが必要ひつようです。

    A reboot is required to complete the installation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 起動

  • 起rouse; wake upOnキKunおきる・おこる・おこす
  • 動move; motionOnドウKunうごく・うごかす

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