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    3. 運転

    運転

    運うん転てん

    operation (of a machine)

    N4KMT3News #2+1CoreTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab23 strokes

    うんてん

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    operation (of a machine), running, working

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    2.
    driving (a vehicle)
    3.
    use (of capital, funds, etc.), management, investment

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    車くるまを運うん転てんする。

    I will drive a car.

    KMT2Travel & Transportation
    彼かれは毎まい日にちバスを運うん転てんしている。

    He drives a bus every day.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    長ちょう距きょう離り運うん転てんは疲つかれる。

    Long-distance driving is tiring.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    電でん車しゃは定てい刻こく通どおりに運うん転てんしている。

    The train is running on schedule.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    この機き械かいの運うん転てんは非ひ常じょうに複ふく雑ざつだ。

    The operation of this machine is very complex.

    KMT4Technology

    Kanji that make up this word

    運
    はこ.ぶ…(1)
    carry・luck・destiny・fate・lot…(3)
    転
    ころ.がる・ころ.げる・ころ.がす・ころ.ぶ・まろ.ぶ・うたた…(3)
    revolve・turn around・change
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