始動

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どー [shìdóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕido̞ː]

Noun

()(どう) • (shidō

  1. starting; activation

Verb

()(どう)する • (shidō surusuru (stem ()(どう) (shidō shi), past ()(どう)した (shidō shita))

  1. to start (to initiate a vehicle or machine)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN