"操る" meaning in Japanese

See 操る in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [a̠ja̠t͡sɨɾɯ̟]
Etymology: Maybe a compound of 綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|綾|あや|取る|とる|t1=thread|t2=to take}} 綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|あやつる|tr=trans|type=1}} 操(あやつ)る • (ayatsuru) transitive godan (stem 操(あやつ)り (ayatsuri), past 操(あやつ)った (ayatsutta)) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|あやつ|4-r}} Forms: 操る [canonical] (ruby: (あやつ)), ayatsuru [romanization], 操り [stem] (ruby: (あやつ)), 操った [past] (ruby: (あやつ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 操ら [error-unrecognized-form], あやつら [error-unrecognized-form], ayatsura [error-unrecognized-form], 操り [error-unrecognized-form], あやつり [error-unrecognized-form], ayatsuri [error-unrecognized-form], 操る [error-unrecognized-form], あやつる [error-unrecognized-form], ayatsuru [error-unrecognized-form], 操れ [error-unrecognized-form], あやつれ [error-unrecognized-form], ayatsure [error-unrecognized-form], 操られる [passive], あやつられる [passive], ayatsurareru [passive], 操らせる [causative], 操らす [causative], あやつらせる [causative], あやつらす [causative], ayatsuraseru [causative], ayatsurasu [causative], 操れる [potential], あやつれる [potential], ayatsureru [potential], 操ろう [volitional], あやつろう [volitional], ayatsurō [volitional], 操らない [negative], あやつらない [negative], ayatsuranai [negative], 操らず [continuative, negative], あやつらず [continuative, negative], ayatsurazu [continuative, negative], 操ります [formal], あやつります [formal], ayatsurimasu [formal], 操った [perfective], あやつった [perfective], ayatsutta [perfective], 操って [conjunctive], あやつって [conjunctive], ayatsutte [conjunctive], 操れば [conditional, hypothetical], あやつれば [conditional, hypothetical], ayatsureba [conditional, hypothetical], no-table-tags [table-tags], 操ら [irrealis, stem], あやつら [irrealis, stem], ayatura [irrealis], 操り [continuative, stem], あやつり [continuative, stem], ayaturi [continuative], 操る [stem, terminative], あやつる [stem, terminative], ayaturu [terminative], 操る [attributive, stem], あやつる [attributive, stem], ayaturu [attributive], 操れ [realis, stem], あやつれ [realis, stem], ayature [realis], 操れ [imperative, stem], あやつれ [imperative, stem], ayature [imperative], 操らず [negative], あやつらず [negative], ayaturazu [negative], 操れど [contrastive], あやつれど [contrastive], ayaturedo [contrastive], 操れば [causative], あやつれば [causative], ayatureba [causative], 操らば [conditional], あやつらば [conditional], ayaturaba [conditional], 操りき [past], あやつりき [past], ayaturiki [past], 操りけり [past], あやつりけり [past], ayaturikeri [past], 操りつ [perfect], あやつりつ [perfect], ayaturitu [perfect], 操りぬ [perfect], あやつりぬ [perfect], ayaturinu [perfect], 操れり [continuative, perfect], 操りたり [continuative, perfect], あやつれり [continuative, perfect], あやつりたり [continuative, perfect], ayatureri [continuative, perfect], ayaturitari [continuative, perfect], 操らむ [volitional], あやつらむ [volitional], ayaturamu [volitional]
  1. to control, to manage, to handle, to operate
    Sense id: en-操る-ja-verb-slxq8gTb Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 51 49 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 85 15 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 56 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 20
  2. to manipulate, to trick
    Sense id: en-操る-ja-verb-k8IXe5XG Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 操り狂言 (ayatsuri kyōgen) (ruby: (あやつ), (きょう), (げん)), 操り座 (ayatsuriza) (ruby: (あやつ), ()), 操り芝居 (ayatsuri shibai) (ruby: (あやつ), (しば), ()), 操り浄瑠璃 (ayatsuri jōruri) (ruby: (あやつ), (じょう), (), ()), 操り人形 (ayatsuri ningyō) (ruby: (あやつ), (にん), (ぎょう))
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ayatsuri kyōgen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "狂",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り狂言"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ayatsuriza",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "座",
          "ざ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り座"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ayatsuri shibai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "芝",
          "しば"
        ],
        [
          "居",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り芝居"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ayatsuri jōruri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "浄",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "瑠",
          "る"
        ],
        [
          "璃",
          "り"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り浄瑠璃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ayatsuri ningyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "形",
          "ぎょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り人形"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "綾",
        "2": "あや",
        "3": "取る",
        "4": "とる",
        "t1": "thread",
        "t2": "to take"
      },
      "expansion": "綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Maybe a compound of 綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "roman": "ayatsuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操った",
      "roman": "ayatsutta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayature",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayature",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatureri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやつる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "操(あやつ)る • (ayatsuru) transitive godan (stem 操(あやつ)り (ayatsuri), past 操(あやつ)った (ayatsutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやつ",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "61 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "control a puppet",
          "roman": "ningyō o ayatsuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "形",
              "ぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "操",
              "あやつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人形を操る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to control, to manage, to handle, to operate"
      ],
      "id": "en-操る-ja-verb-slxq8gTb",
      "links": [
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to manipulate, to trick"
      ],
      "id": "en-操る-ja-verb-k8IXe5XG",
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あやつる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠t͡sɨɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "操る"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese compound terms",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese godan verbs",
    "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ru",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese transitive verbs",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "ayatsuri kyōgen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "狂",
          "きょう"
        ],
        [
          "言",
          "げん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り狂言"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ayatsuriza",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "座",
          "ざ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り座"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ayatsuri shibai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "芝",
          "しば"
        ],
        [
          "居",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り芝居"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ayatsuri jōruri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "浄",
          "じょう"
        ],
        [
          "瑠",
          "る"
        ],
        [
          "璃",
          "り"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り浄瑠璃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ayatsuri ningyō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ],
        [
          "人",
          "にん"
        ],
        [
          "形",
          "ぎょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "操り人形"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "綾",
        "2": "あや",
        "3": "取る",
        "4": "とる",
        "t1": "thread",
        "t2": "to take"
      },
      "expansion": "綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)",
      "name": "ja-compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Maybe a compound of 綾(あや) (aya, “thread”) + 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "roman": "ayatsuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操った",
      "roman": "ayatsutta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "操",
          "あやつ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操られる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuraseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsureru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsuranai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつります",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsurimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsutta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsutte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatsureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操ら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつら",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatura",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操り",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操る",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayature",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "realis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayature",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれど",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturedo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturaba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturiki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりけり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturikeri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりつ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturitu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操れり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操りたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつれり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつりたり",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayatureri",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturitari",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "操らむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "あやつらむ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayaturamu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやつる",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "操(あやつ)る • (ayatsuru) transitive godan (stem 操(あやつ)り (ayatsuri), past 操(あやつ)った (ayatsutta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "あやつ",
        "2": "4-r"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "control a puppet",
          "roman": "ningyō o ayatsuru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ],
            [
              "形",
              "ぎょう"
            ],
            [
              "操",
              "あやつ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人形を操る",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to control, to manage, to handle, to operate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "control",
          "control"
        ],
        [
          "manage",
          "manage"
        ],
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to manipulate, to trick"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "manipulate",
          "manipulate"
        ],
        [
          "trick",
          "trick"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "あやつる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠ja̠t͡sɨɾɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "操る"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 操る meaning in Japanese (10.3kB)

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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "操る"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "操る"
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "操る"
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "操る",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.