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    3. 始動

    始動

    始し動どう

    starting (a machine, engine, etc.)

    KMT8News #25+1Ref L1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveTechnologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    しどう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    starting (a machine, engine, etc.)
    2.
    starting (a project, plan, etc.), beginning, initiation, going into action

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    エンジンが始し動どうしました。

    The engine has started.

    KMT6Technology
    新あたらしいプロジェクトが来らい月げつから始し動どうする予よ定ていです。

    The new project is scheduled to start next month.

    KMT8TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    このソフトウェアは、PCの始のし動ど時うじに自じ動どう的てきに起き動どうします。

    This software automatically launches when the PC starts up.

    KMT8Technology
    システムの安あん全ぜんな始し動どうプロセスを確かく立りつすることが不ふ可か欠けつです。

    It is essential to establish a safe startup process for the system.

    KMT9TechnologyBusiness & Finance
    ロケットの打うち上あげには、精せい密みつな始し動どうシーケンスが必ひつ要ようです。

    A precise launch sequence is required for rocket liftoff.

    KMT9TechnologyScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    始
    はじ.める・-はじ.める・はじ.まる…(2)
    commence・begin
    動
    うご.く・うご.かす…(2)
    move・motion・change・confusion・shift…(1)
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