Word · 単語
操る
Reading あやつる
to operate (e.g. a machine)
- 1 to operate (e.g. a machine), to handle, to manage, to control, to maneuver, to steer
- 2 to have a good command of (a language), to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
- 3 to work (a puppet), to pull the strings of a puppet
- 4 to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.), to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to mastermind
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
あの通訳は５か国語を自由に操る。
That interpreter is a master of five languages.
sense 2 · to have a good command of (a language)
儲けようとする投機筋に操られているのです。
It's being manipulated by investors trying to make it rich.
sense 4 · to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.)
私は、数字を操るのがへたです。
I am awkward with numbers.
彼は英語以外にも２つの言語を自由にあやつる。
He has two languages at his command besides English.