モード
Meanings
Operational mode or configuration of a machine, device, or system. Often used as a suffix in compounds like 省エネモード (energy-saving mode).
I switched the air conditioner to cooling mode.
This camera has a night scene mode.
state of mind; frame of mind; mode
Mental or emotional state, often used in casual contexts like 仕事モード (work mode) or 勉強モード (study mode).
I still can't get out of vacation mode.
He's completely in work mode.
Musical mode, such as major or minor scale patterns. Technical term.
This piece is written in the Dorian mode.
The most frequent value in a data set. Technical term in mathematics and statistics.
The mode of this data is 5.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉のモードを切り替えるto switch a device's mode
This camera lets you switch shooting modes with a single button.
- 〈事〉モードに入るto switch into [a certain] mode/mindset
As the deadline approaches, I switch into concentration mode.
- 〈事〉モードになるto get into [a certain] frame of mind
Since the exam is close, I'm already in study mode.
- 〈事〉モードで〈動詞〉to do something while in [a certain] mode
The computer is running in energy-saving mode.