出しゅつ動どう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

出動する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Used for official groups (police, military, fire department, etc.) being sent out or going into action. Often appears in news reports.

〈場ば所しょ〉に出しゅつ動どうするto be dispatched/deployed to a place
消しょう防ぼう隊たいが火か事じの現げん場ばに出しゅつ動どうした。
The fire brigade was dispatched to the scene of the fire.
〈物もの〉が出しゅつ動どうするfor a vehicle or unit to be sent out
事じ故この知しらせを受うけて、パトカーが出しゅつ動どうした。
Upon receiving news of the accident, a patrol car was dispatched.
出しゅつ動どうを要よう請せいするto request the dispatch (of a unit)
住じゅう民みんは自じ衛えい隊たいの出しゅつ動どうを要よう請せいした。
The residents requested that the Self-Defense Forces be deployed.

派は遣けんN1
出動 refers to official groups like police or fire departments being sent into action, while 派遣 is used for sending personnel or delegations, often in business or diplomatic contexts.
出しゅつ撃げき
出動 covers a broad range of official dispatches including non-combat missions, whereas 出撃 refers specifically to a military sortie or attack.
出しゅつ場じょうN3
出動 is the everyday word for a vehicle or unit being dispatched, while emergency-service 出場 is the more official, formal term for the same action.
発はっ進しん
出動 means being dispatched or mobilized (e.g. police, military units), while 発進 focuses on the moment a vehicle or craft starts moving from base.

待たい機きN1
出動 means a unit is sent out to act, while 待機 means it stays on standby waiting for orders.

出しゅっ勤きんN3
出動 means an official group like police or fire crews being dispatched into action, whereas 出勤 simply means going to work at one's job.
出しゅっ頭とう
出動 refers to personnel or vehicles being dispatched into action, while 出頭 refers to a person going to appear before an authority; the words sound similar and both start with 出 but have unrelated meanings.

Compound of 出 (しゅつ, 'go out') and 動 (どう, 'move'). The combination conveys the idea of moving out for a specific purpose.