How to say "disable" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounA straight katakana borrowing of the English word, covering the same basic sense of making something inoperative; being less common, it is seldom the word you want — use 無効にする for the verb.
- 無効にするむこうにするexpression, suru verbThe verb phrase for 'disable': literally 'to make invalid', it covers rendering a function, setting, or feature inactive, and can also express 'override' — nullifying something so that it has no effect.
Both point to the same core sense, making something inactive: use the verb phrase 「無効にする」, which also covers 'override', while 「ディスエーブル」 is simply the English word in katakana and seldom the word you need.
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