操る

あやつる

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive 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

Kanji

• 操 operate. Read as あやつる.

Example sentences

• 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.
• 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.
• 光速の異名を持ち重力を自在に操る高貴なる女性騎士が登場するゲームをしたい。
  I want to play a game where a noble female knight with the nickname "Light-Speed" freely manipulates gravity.
• 君はそれを巧みに操った。
  You handled that deftly.

Common phrases

• 裏で操る
• 変化球を操る
• 人形を操る
• 船を操る
• 陰で操る
• 心を操る
• ボールを操る
• ヶ国語を操る
• 馬を操る
• 言葉を操る

Words containing 操る

• 操り人形 (あやつりにんぎょう) puppet
• 操り浄瑠璃 (あやつりじょうるり) Japanese puppet theatre
• 操り芝居 (あやつりしばい) puppet show

And 1 more.

Word lists

• JLPT N1

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