駆動|くどうkudou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdrive; driving (force)
Conjugation
Dictionary form駆動する(くどうする)
Polite (masu)駆動します(くどうします)
Negative (nai)駆動しない(くどうしない)
polite (masen)駆動しません(くどうしません)
classical zu / nu駆動せず・駆動せぬ(くどうせず・くどうせぬ)
Past (ta)駆動した(くどうした)
polite (mashita)駆動しました(くどうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)駆動しなかった(くどうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)駆動しませんでした(くどうしませんでした)
Te form駆動して(くどうして)
Potential駆動できる(くどうできる)
Passive駆動される(くどうされる)
Causative駆動させる(くどうさせる)
Causative passive駆動させられる(くどうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)駆動すれば(くどうすれば)
tara駆動したら(くどうしたら)
Volitional駆動しよう(くどうしよう)
polite (mashou)駆動しましょう(くどうしましょう)
Imperative駆動しろ(くどうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym原動力げんどうりょくWrittenWritten/formal, often figurative: the fundamental force behind an activity. 「駆動」 stays close to mechanical drive.
  • Synonym推進すいしんNeutralPushing a project or policy forward, as in 「プロジェクト推進」. 「駆動」 is mechanical.
  • Synonym駆動力くどうりょくNeutralThe power that drives a machine. 「駆動」 is the act of transmitting that power to make something run, as in 「四輪駆動」.
  • Synonym推進力すいしんりょくNeutralA force that pushes something forward, or the drive to get things done. 「駆動」 is about powering machinery to run.
  • Antonym停止ていしNeutralStopping or halting operation — the opposite of 「駆動」.

Use 「駆動」 for mechanical drive, as in 「四輪駆動」 or 「駆動系」. 「駆動力」 names the power itself, 「推進」 pushing projects or policies forward, and 「原動力」 (written) the underlying motive force; 「停止」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 動力どうりょくを伝つたえて機械きかいを動うごかすこと。「四よん輪りん駆動くどう」
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