How to say "enable" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 可能にするかのうにするexpression, suru verbCovers the general sense of 'enable': to allow something or make it possible or feasible. This is the natural choice in most everyday and technical contexts where enable means to make something achievable.
- nounA less common loanword corresponding to the computing sense of 'enable', turning a feature or function on. It is rarely the word you want for general senses of enable; use it only where the English term itself is being borrowed.
Use 「可能にする」 for the ordinary sense of making something possible or feasible; 「エネーブル」 is a rarer loanword-style rendering of the technical term 'enable'.
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