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JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

操そう作さ

sousa

to operate, to control

Example sentences

  1. このコンピューターの操作そうさは難むずかしい。

    Operating this computer is tricky.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしはこのＣＤプレイヤーの操作そうさのしかたが分わからない。

    I don’t know how to operate this CD player.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは新あたらしい機械きかいを操作そうさした。

    He operated the new machine.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 操作

  • 操maneuver; manipulateOnソウ・サンKunみさお・あやつる
  • 作make; productionOnサク・サKunつくる・つくり

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