手しゅ動どう

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

manual; hand-operated

Refers to operation by hand rather than automatic. Often used with 操作, モード, or as a noun modifier with の.

Antonyms: 自動

この機き械かいは手しゅ動どうで動うごかします。
This machine is operated manually.
手しゅ動どうモードに切きり替かえてください。
Please switch to manual mode.

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Usage patterns

手しゅ動どうで〈動どう詞し〉to do something manually
このドアは手しゅ動どうで開あけます。
You open this door manually.
自じ動どうから手しゅ動どうに切きり替かえるto switch from automatic to manual
故こ障しょうしたので自じ動どうから手しゅ動どうに切きり替かえた。
It broke down, so we switched from automatic to manual.
手しゅ動どうモードにするto set (a device) to manual mode
カメラを手しゅ動どうモードにして撮さつ影えいした。
I set the camera to manual mode and took the photo.

Expressions

手しゅ動どうによるmanual; manually powered

Kanji

手hand
動move, motion, change

Related words

マニュアル
マニュアル is the loanword commonly used for manual operation (e.g. of a car or camera), while 手動 is the native Japanese term used more broadly and formally.
手て回まわしN1
手動 simply means 'manual operation' in general, while 手回し specifically implies turning a crank or handle by hand.

Opposites

自じ動どうN3
automatic; auto- · intransitive verb
オートマチックN1
手動 means 'manual' (operated by hand), the direct opposite of オートマチック 'automatic' for machines and devices.
電でん動どう
手動 means 'manually operated', the direct opposite of 電動 'electrically powered'.
自じ動どう的てきN3
自動的 describes something happening without human intervention, while 手動 describes something operated manually by hand.

Word family

Etymology

Compound of 手 (hand) and 動 (move), literally 'hand-move'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from the kanji.