操り|あやつりayatsuri[4]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounmanipulation; puppet

• Related操作そうさNeutralUsed for operating machines and manipulating data, as in 「株価操作」; 「操り」 stresses pulling the strings, controlling people or things like a puppet.
• Antonym自律じりつWrittenWritten/formal prose for self-restraint and self-discipline — the opposite of being manipulated at someone else's will.
• Antonym自主じしゅNeutralActing and judging independently, without outside interference — the opposite of being manipulated by others.

Use 「操り」 for manipulating someone or something like a string puppet, as in 「操り人形」. Use 「操作」 for operating machines or manipulating data. For acting on one's own, choose 「自主」; 「自律」 is the formal word for self-discipline.

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1. 他ほかの人ひとや物ものを自分じぶんの思おもい通とおりに動うごかしたり、コントロールしたりすること。
2. 糸いとで動うごかす人形にんぎょうのこと。また、人形劇にんぎょうげきに使つかう人形にんぎょう。