JapanLingo

操作そうさ

sousa

operation (of a machine)

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 操作 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “operation (of a machine)” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

kono kikai no sousa wa kantan desu.

Operating this machine is easy.

Example 2

sousa ga wakaranai baai wa, manyuaru o mite kudasai.

If you do not understand how to operate it, please look at the manual.