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起動

起動

See also: 起动

Chinese

to rise; to raise; to get up
 
to use; to act; to move; to change
trad. (起動)
simp. (起动)

Verb

起動

  1. to start (a machine, an engine etc.), to switch on

Interjection

起動 (Min Dong)

  1. thank you; thanks for your trouble
  2. excuse me; please; May I trouble you?

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
どう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

起動 (hiragana きどう, romaji kidō)

  1. the act of starting up a machine, especially a computer

Derived terms

Verb

起動する (transitive and intransitive, hiragana きどうする, romaji kidō suru)

  1. to start

Conjugation