操る

Japanese

Kanji in this term
操
あやつ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

Maybe a compound of 綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "操る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
操る あやつ​る [àyátsúꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 操れ あやつ​れ [àyátsúꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive 操られる あやつられ​る [àyátsúráréꜜrù]
Causative 操らせる あやつらせ​る [àyátsúráséꜜrù]
Potential 操れる あやつれ​る [àyátsúréꜜrù]
Volitional 操ろう あやつろ​ー [àyátsúróꜜò]
Negative 操らない あやつら​ない [àyátsúráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 操らなかった あやつら​なかった [àyátsúráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 操ります あやつりま​す [àyátsúrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 操った あやつ​った [àyátsúꜜttà]
Conjunctive 操って あやつ​って [àyátsúꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 操れば あやつ​れば [àyátsúꜜrèbà]

Verb

操(あやつ)る • (ayatsuru) transitive godan (stem 操(あやつ)り (ayatsuri), past 操(あやつ)った (ayatsutta))

  1. to control, to manage, to handle, to operate
    人(にん)形(ぎょう)を操(あやつ)る
    ningyō o ayatsuru
    control a puppet
  2. to manipulate, to trick

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 操(あやつ)り狂(きょう)言(げん) (ayatsuri kyōgen)
  • 操(あやつ)り座(ざ) (ayatsuriza)
  • 操(あやつ)り芝(しば)居(い) (ayatsuri shibai)
  • 操(あやつ)り浄(じょう)瑠(る)璃(り) (ayatsuri jōruri)
  • 操(あやつ)り人(にん)形(ぎょう) (ayatsuri ningyō)

References

  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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