操る

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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
Imperative (命令形) 操れ あやつ​れ
Key constructions
Passive 操られる あやつられ​る
Causative 操らせる あやつらせ​る
Potential 操れる あやつれ​る
Volitional 操ろう あやつろ​ー
Negative 操らない あやつら​ない
Negative perfective 操らなかった あやつら​なかった
Formal 操ります あやつりま​す
Perfective 操った あやつ​った
Conjunctive 操って あやつ​って
Hypothetical conditional 操れば あやつ​れば

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

Conjugation of "操る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 操ら あやつら ayatsura
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 操り あやつり ayatsuri
Shūshikei ("terminal") 操る あやつる ayatsuru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 操る あやつる ayatsuru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 操れ あやつれ ayatsure
Meireikei ("imperative") 操れ あやつれ ayatsure
Key constructions
Passive 操られる あやつられる ayatsurareru
Causative 操らせる
操らす 		あやつらせる
あやつらす 		ayatsuraseru
ayatsurasu
Potential 操れる あやつれる ayatsureru
Volitional 操ろう あやつろう ayatsurō
Negative 操らない あやつらない ayatsuranai
Negative continuative 操らず あやつらず ayatsurazu
Formal 操ります あやつります ayatsurimasu
Perfective 操った あやつった ayatsutta
Conjunctive 操って あやつって ayatsutte
Hypothetical conditional 操れば あやつれば ayatsureba
Classical conjugation of "操る" (ラ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 操ら あやつら ayatura
Continuative (連用形) 操り あやつり ayaturi
Terminal (終止形) 操る あやつる ayaturu
Attributive (連体形) 操る あやつる ayaturu
Realis (已然形) 操れ あやつれ ayature
Imperative (命令形) 操れ あやつれ ayature
Key constructions
Negative 操らず あやつらず ayaturazu
Contrasting conjunction 操れど あやつれど ayaturedo
Causal conjunction 操れば あやつれば ayatureba
Conditional conjunction 操らば あやつらば ayaturaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 操りき あやつりき ayaturiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 操りけり あやつりけり ayaturikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 操りつ あやつりつ ayaturitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 操りぬ あやつりぬ ayaturinu
Perfect-continuative tense 操れり
操りたり		 あやつれり
あやつりたり		 ayatureri
ayaturitari
Volitional 操らむ あやつらむ ayaturamu

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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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