Illustration: A woman steers a small motorboat through a quiet fishing harbor, seated beside the outboard motor with one hand firmly on its tiller. She looks toward an open passage between moored boats as her own boat begins a controlled turn.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

操そう縦じゅう

soujuu

piloting, steering

Example sentences

  1. ジェット機きでは不注意ふちゅういな操縦そうじゅうは許ゆるされない。

    A jet airliner does not admit of careless handling.

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  2. パイロットは飛行機ひこうきを操縦そうじゅうした。

    The pilot flew the airplane.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしの父ちちは飛行機ひこうきが操縦そうじゅうできる。

    My father can fly an airplane.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 操縦

  • 操maneuver; manipulateOnソウ・サンKunみさお・あやつる
  • 縦vertical; lengthOnジュウKunたて

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